A Story On Rainwater Harvesting (Rwh)

by

Centre for Environmental Research and Education

Once upon a time there was a small village. In that village everyone was happy because the people had enough food to eat as they had enough water to grow their crops

And the children had enough clean water to drink and bathe.

And the cows that gave them milk had enough water to drink….

The potter made his pots using water ..the weaver coloured his cloth using

water...And they all used water which they drew up from pumps.

And the water in the pumps came from many hundreds of feet below the ground …

This water that lies many feet below the ground is called GROUNDWATER

The village kept drawing this water up, until one day, it was all over!!

And can you guess what happened then …

The people of the village were very sad now

… so they went looking for ways to bring

back the water

Can you guess what they did to bring back the water?

The villagers were told that they had to harvest or collect the rain water.

This is called

RAIN WATER HARVESTING

“But how do we collect the rainwater when it falls?” they asked.

There are many ways to collect the rainwater when it falls

The Village decided to catch the

falling rain and put it back into the

ground

By recharging bore wells

So, how did the village go about

building this borewell?

First they made a pit

Then they tied

a wire mesh

around the bore

well pipe after

making holes in

the pipe for the

water to go

through

After the

percolation pit is

prepared and the

bore well tube

covered with wire

mesh, they filled

the pit with sand

and rubble

Recharge of bore

wells brings back a

smile to many faces

and the village is

happy once more.

Once the bore well

was functional, the

villagers had

access to water for

drinking, cooking &

all other purposes.

And the people

in the village

are helping

others learn

about rainwater

harvesting

Awareness program for

tribal communities and villages

using bore well

DID YOU KNOW ?

In most places, less than 10% of the water that falls as rain is stored and used.

So make sure you collect

DID YOU KNOW ?

Harvesting of rain water can be done anywhere. In buildings, in homes; In

villages & in cities.

every drop of rainwater

DID YOU KNOW ?

A Story On Rainwater

Harvesting (RWH)

by Centre for Environmental Research and Education