Rainwater harvesting can be done by making puddles and ponds in agricultural fields. At homes, this can be done by making soak pits, storage tanks and terrace water harvesting methods.

Monsoon floods wreak havoc in cities like Mumbai and Delhi, yet rainwater slips away unused. Learn how to harvest it with ...

But sadly the reservoirs of groundwater are fast depleting and rainwater harvesting is the only solution ... A dried bore well, a row of soak pits or a tank concealed below the ground are all ...

Enter rainwater harvesting. All that water needs to go somewhere ... Implementing rainwater retention projects that soak up water—even if you can’t redirect and reutilize it—helps make ...

Mishra, a retired director (geology) in state mines department, began harvesting rainwater at his Harmu home two years ago. He collected rainfall in two ways. First, by installing a storage tank on ...

The city's groundwater levels are depleting to dangerously low levels, but there is little or no infrastructure to conserve rainwater. Some components like the borewell need special attention ...

Reforestation is also an important aspect in water harvesting. Soak pits which are porous walled, covered chambers that allow water to soak slowly into the ground. These pits help to temporarily ...