Making Water Everybody's Business: Practice and Policy of Water Harvesting
This publication documents traditions, practices technologies and policies of water harvesting in the country. It also assesses state government efforts to deal with drought. The book has a clear...
View ArticleFourth Citizens' Report [SOE-4]: Dying Wisdom
Dying Wisdom: Rise, Fall and Potential of India's Traditional Water Harvesting System provides a comprehensive overview of India's millennia-old traditions of water harvesting. This book triggered a...
View ArticleSoil of Chandigarh
The soil strata in general comprises of clayey silt soils in the top layers followed by sandy silt to silty sands at depths in most of the sectors.read more
View ArticleAbout Delhi’s water
The quality of ground water is alkaline with pH ranging from 7.1 to 9.2, chloride content ranges between 21 and 1380 ppm. South of Delhi average chloride content is 250 ppm while in Najafgarh area it...
View ArticleRainfall Data for major cities of India
The page provides rainfall data for most of the major cities (28) of India. The data source is National Data Centre, India Met. Department, Pune. The values are 25-year average for a period of...
View ArticleMoving towards Rain Cities
A beginning has now been made by cities across the country to provide some incentives to citizens to harvest rainwater on their own. read more
View ArticleTata uses nano technology for water purifier
Recently, chairman of Tata group, Ratan Tata, unveiled a water filter called 'Swach' which uses nano technology to purify water. Tata Research, Development and Design Centre (TRDDC) and Tata Chemicals...
View ArticleHow to do RWH?
Step by Step ProcessTechnologyCosts Who can do it for you? Laws and policyBest Practices Maintenance and MonitoringFAQread more
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