The topic of water harvesting has become a global phenomena and countless suggestions are being made but sadly individuals do not follow a single one of them. They would rather buy water than take the trouble or spend money that would help harvest water.
There is one way perhaps that has not been suggested and that would be just digging pits in compounds which would help collect water in the rainy season which would eventually percolate into reservoirs.
We have eight such pits and happy to say our well water is always there. It is possible that water which gets percolated because of these pits may not get into reservoirs that help fill up our well but someone somewhere must be doing that.
As they say something is better than nothing.
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Are you playing any role in harvesting rain water?
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Yes
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No
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Even if it doesn’t flow into the reservoirs it replenishes the ground water table. We have rain water filters fitted to our outlets and have sunk the pipes deep into then earth -7-8 feet .
Wow!! You know it so well. Congrats.
I had seen an underground cistern in one province but I don’t think it is enough to store water for the summer needs.
If individuals resort to harvesting water there should be no water shortage.
I only hunt rainwater for watering the garden, my friend
Even that is good enough to conserve water. Something is better than nothing.
We do not need to save water … I live under the mountains and we have water in abundance and this very high quality water … even in summer when the heat is high we have enough water … but only for watering it really hurts me i have rains enough too
We have a well and have enough water but what we save by digging those pits will get into ground improving the water table for others.
And you also have this water for drinking and cooking?
Well has the purest water.
Now I understand … even in our countryside people who have no water supply and who use wells find it in the countryside
There is a water connection but that water is chlorinated.
We know that too … so it is with us in big cities
We have been doing this 20 year ago but not now
What has stopped you from continuing with this practice?
Rain water harvesting is very important for large cities. The concrete jungles have little scope for water to percolate down.
Atleast if pits are dug the water will stay inside compounds and not flow in to seas