Professional Documents
Culture Documents
We can END POVERTY 2015 Millennium development goals: Goal 7, Target 7c: Halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation National Academy of Engineering: One of the Fourteen Grand challenges provide access to clean water World Water day 22 March 2011, Providing Water for the cities Rural poor Vs.growing urban slums http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/index.html Each person needs 25-50 liters of fresh water and one in six people world wide do not have access to this.
Indian Scenario
Every one loves a good drought by P. Sainath, Penguin India, 1996: Some Farmers earn more money by selling water than Agriculture produce Saving potential of water is maximum in Agriculture
DST mission on water challenges based on supreme court directive in March 2009:
Low per capita availability Geological contamination through Arsenic Contamination through Flouride Biological contamination Alkaline earth metal salt salinity and hardness Storage capacity for seasonal/monsoon rain water Non-optimal use of water in Agriculture & Industry Drinking water quality issues Evaporation loss from water bodies River and flash flood management Depletion of ground water table and aquifers Water body disuse
http://dst.gov.in/scientific-programme/plan-document.pdf
Rajasthan
Several kinds of rainwater harvesting systems bawari and jhalara (depend on groundwater), talab, nadi, tanka, kund and khadin (based on harnessing surface runoff) and harvesting of roof water. Modern methods: Overhead tanks, Bhakra dam fed Indira Gandhi Canal, over-exploitation of Ground water reserve by tube wells http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/publications/Working _Papers/working/WOR104.pdf
Pushkar- Rejuvenation
Pushkar Beginning of the Thar famed for its Camel fair in November
Jodhpur Kylana
Jodhpur Kylana
Jaisalmer Gadisagar
For a lyrical account see Silver drops of Rajasthan by Anupam Mishra (http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/7354)
Jaisalmer Gadisagar
Jaisalmer Gadisagar
Jaisalmer Gadisagar
Making most of a water leak from Indira Gandhi canal near Jaisalmer