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Describe how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting methods are being carried out to conserve and store water.
Describe how modern adaptations of traditional rainwater harvesting methods are being carried out to conserve and store water.
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- Using bamboo pipes, spring and steam water is tapped in Meghalaya. This system is over 200 years old.
- In Mysore district of Karnataka, there is a remote backward village named Gendathur. To meet the water needs of the houses, a rooftop rainwater harvesting system was installed in around 200 houses.Around 1 lakh litres of rainwater is harvested annually from 20 houses in this village.
- In Rajasthan, to store drinking water, ‘Rooftop rainwater harvesting’ was commonly practised.
- For storing drinking water, all the houses had tankas or underground tanks in Balmer, Phalodi, Bikaner regions of Rajasthan.
- Using bamboo pipes, spring and steam water is tapped in Meghalaya. This system is over 200 years old.
- In Mysore district of Karnataka, there is a remote backward village named Gendathur. To meet the water needs of the houses, a rooftop rainwater harvesting system was installed in around 200 houses.Around 1 lakh litres of rainwater is harvested annually from 20 houses in this village.
- In Rajasthan, to store drinking water, ‘Rooftop rainwater harvesting’ was commonly practised.
- For storing drinking water, all the houses had tankas or underground tanks in Balmer, Phalodi, Bikaner regions of Rajasthan.
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