Rain Water Harvesting
Product/Process
Structural Engineering Research Centre, Ghaziabad has designed a system for storage of rainwater at domestic/community level.
For a domestic scheme, rainwater run off is gathered from the rooftops, courtyards and small catchment platforms and stored hygienically in FC tanks after passing through filters. In community level schemes, larger catchment areas are used for collecting run off water in underground tanks, fenced reservoirs or directing the water to lakes.
Areas of Applications
Useful in areas where water supply schemes are expensive (e.g. hills), ground water is saline(e.g. coastal areas, islands); to supplement existing provisions.
Equipment \ Raw Materials
Masonry tools, smith tools, casting moulds. Treated roof/platforms, inflow system, by pass system, ferrocement water tanks of 200?2000 L cap.
Stage of Development
Widely implemented in NE region.
Economic Data
Rs. 2 lakh for 2000 L cap tank. or As per requirements of consumer.
