| Benefits to conserve water: |
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Environmental benefits include eco system and habitat protection. |
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Water conservation helps in improving the quality of drinking water. |
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If you save water it can save your money bills. |
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| Technical methods to conserve water: |
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Rain water harvesting |
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Historical water bodies |
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Ponds |
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Eco parks |
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| Rain Water Harvesting |
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| Rain water harvesting techniques to augment ground water Fresh water is scarce |
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Of the total water on earth, only 3% constitutes freshwater. Rest is saline water in the oceans. |
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11% of the total freshwater on earth is groundwater available upto a depth of 800m which can be extracted for use. |
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Mindless extraction and over exploitation of very small quantity of this precious nature resource has caused a rapid depletion and deterioration in its quantity and quality both. |
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| Methods and techniques for ground water recharge |
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| Urban Areas |
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| Roof Top Rain Water / run off harvesting through |
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Recharge Pit |
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Recharge Trench |
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Tubewell |
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| Rural Areas |
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| Rain Water Harvesting through |
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Gully Plug |
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Contour Bund |
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Gabion Structure |
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Percolation tank |
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Check Dam/ Cement Plug/ Nala Bund |
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Recharge shaft |
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Underground dam |
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Dugwell Recharge |
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