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Project: Honda Seil, Kushkhera Industrial Complex, Tapukra, Alwar – Rajasthan (India)
Achievement
The pond development project at the Honda car manufacturing site in Rajasthan, India, resulted in a
significant increase in infiltration of rainwater into the ground, reduction of run-off, and enhancement
of groundwater level, water quality and yield. The pond, that was successfully developed as a
unique technique for ensuring conservation of groundwater, is presently serving as a backup source
to wells and has lowered the company’s (Honda) input cost tremendously.
Backdrop
India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world. The major car manufacturers of
international repute are looking towards India as a potential market. In the last few years Honda,
one of the established international car manufacturing companies, has captured a big chunk of the
retail market in India. To cope with the growing demand, Honda Siel Car India Ltd. has planned to
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set up a new car manufacturing unit on a land area of about 615 acres (2.4km ) near Tapukrah
village in Tijara block of Alwar district, Rajasthan. The cars will be manufactured under the brand
name HONDA.
The availability of water, however, has been an issue in this area. Groundwater has been the only
source of water in Tapukrah village, mainly because of the absence of any perennial surface water
streams in the area. Hence, in order to ensure successful completion of the project, it became all
the more important for the company to adopt water conservation and effective groundwater
recharge techniques through rainwater harvesting
Precise depths of recharge wells were determined during the drilling process. Considering
the lithologs collected during the drilling - and by extrapolating the lithological data and
geophysical logs - slot positions and slot lengths for recharge wells were finalized.
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Specially designed recharge wells, with a provision to keep about 0.75 meters of water
column in the pond, were constructed (see photographs below).
The bottom of the pond, around each recharge well, was unlined and about 0.50 to 1m
boulders were spread to facilitate seepage of rainfall runoff to the sub-soil.
Provision of a de-silting mechanism before runoff enters the pond was made to ensure
effective recharge. All precautions were taken to ensure that no contaminated water was
diverted to the pond.
After the construction of recharge wells, slug (or infiltration) tests were conducted at selected
locations to ensure and assess that the intake rate of the recharge wells would provide the
exact amount of rainwater recharged from the recharge bore-wells constructed.
Rain Water Harvesting System HSCI TKR
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4~5m Compacted e arth & Grass
Size of Ponds
Slope 2:1
10m Concrete area
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Capacity of Ponds
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10m
Pond 1 – 71 X 119 M
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9 m 48 m
Pond 2 – 71 X 147 M
Pond 1 – 12857 KL
Pond 2 – 18576 KL
96 m
Baldev Chugh
CEO-Water Harvesters/Water Solutions
www.waterharvesters.com
www.watersolutions.net.in