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Pulicat Lake

PULICAT LAKE Back to previous page Click on areas Background Links Chronology People Background Pulicat Lake is the located 60 km north of Chennai city and is the second largest brackish – water lake or la...

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Urban People : Initiatives Thus Far

Database home | Kolkata List of Key Implementer Implementer Individual/Organization (Type) Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management Department of Environment Govt. of W...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/People/implementers_kolkata.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:54:50 UTC

Water Harvesting Techniques Prevalent In The Thar Desert

The Thar Desert covers an area of 44.6 million hectare (mha), of which 27.8 mha lie in India and the rest in Pakistan. The desert is bounded by the Aravalli hills in the east, by the fertile Indus a...

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How to Design Groundwater Recharge Structures

Design of groundwater recharge structures Recharge of aquifers In places where the withdrawal of water is more than the rate of recharge an imbalance in the groundwater reserves is created. Recharging...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Urban/Design_Recharge.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:57:36 UTC

Western Coastal Plains : Traditional Water Harvesting Systems

WESTERN COASTAL PLAINS Virdas Virdas are shallow wells dug in low depressions called jheels (tanks). They are found all over the Banni grasslands, a part of the Great Rann of Kutch in Gujarat...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/Rural/wcp_tradi.htm Sat, 11 May 2013, 23:57:18 UTC

Calamity Strikes

When calamity Strikes Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. ITs now official. Cherrapunji, which holds the record for the highest rain...

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Water Harvesting Systems : Traditional Systems

THAR DESERT Kunds / Kundis A kund or kundi looks like an upturned cup nestling in a saucer. These structures harvest rainwater for drinking, and dot the sandier tracts of the Thar Desert in w...

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Water Harvesting Systems : Traditional Systems

Kul Kuls are water channels found in precipitous mountain areas. These channels carry water from glaciers to villages in the Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh. Where the terrain is muddy, the kul is lined with rocks t...

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Catch Water Newsletter December 2002-January 2003

A NEW BEGINNING A rich harvest IN FOCUS On the right track? Groundwater or poison? Punjab, ready for desi solutions Saga of tanks CAMPAIGN Ways to destroy Squatters or owners? VIPs strangling Dal Restoring Bis Hazari Lakes in News WATER LI...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/catchwater/dec2002/events.htm Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 02:20:50 UTC

Catch Water Newsletter December02--January 2003

A NEW BEGINNING A rich harvest IN FOCUS On the right track? Groundwater or poison? Punjab, ready for desi solutions Saga of tanks CAMPAIGN Ways to destroy Squatters or owners? VIPs strangling Dal Restoring Bis Hazari Lakes in News WATER LI...

http://www.rainwaterharvesting.org/catchwater/dec2002/new_beginning.htm Thu, 06 Jan 2011, 02:20:50 UTC