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An additional strategy to water conservation is practicing sustainable methods of utilizing groundwater resources. [8] Groundwater flows due to gravity and eventually discharges into streams. [ 9 ] Excess pumping of groundwater leads to a decrease in groundwater levels and if continued it can exhaust the resource. [ 8 ]
The water rates for surface water and ground water should be rationalized with due regard to the interests of small and marginal farmers. The policy also deals with participation of farmers and voluntary agencies, water quality, water zoning, conservation of water, flood and drought management, erosion etc. [3]
Land-based water reservoirs construction is very costly after meeting the land & property compensation and rehabilitation expenditures. To create adequate water storage, fresh water coastal reservoirs located in the sea area near the river deltas, is the suitable socio-economical option without land and forest submergence problems. [19] [20] [21]
The Water Conservation Department of Maharashtra government conducted a logo competition on the Maharashtra MyGov Portal with an objective to widen its scope of public participation in flagship program. Mr Kishor Gaikwad received an award in Mumbai for best design by Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on 4 January 2018.
configuration of domestic rainwater harvesting system in Uganda. [1]Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off.. Rainwater is collected from a roof-like surface and redirected to a tank, cistern, deep pit (well, shaft, or borehole), aquifer, or a reservoir with percolation, so that it seeps down and restores the ground w
The earliest mentions of irrigation are found in Rigveda chapters 1.55, 1.85, 1.105, 7.9, 8.69 and 10.101. [8] The Veda mentions only well-style irrigation, [9] where kupa and avata wells once dug are stated to be always full of water, from which varatra (rope strap) and cakra (wheel) pull kosa (pails) of water.
Pages in category "Water conservation in India" ... Water Literacy Foundation This page was last edited on 5 May 2024, at 17:07 (UTC). Text is ...
Environment policies of the Government of India include legislations related to environment.. In the Directive Principles of State Policy, Article 48A says "the state shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country"; Article 51-A states that "it shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the natural ...