water harvesting

Mahendrasinh Zala from Gujarat has been doing rainwater harvesting for over 10 years now. Here’s how he does it despite being 90 per cent blind.

Almost every region in India is blessed with its own water management methods that were tailored to fit the unique geographical and cultural needs of the place and the community. Here are some of them.

Chennai-resident Dayanand Krishnan, an engineer, says that his DIY rainwater harvesting system requires no plumbers or experts and can be replicated by anyone.

Ulhas Paranjpe has a simple question to ask—”If a Mumbai citizen & industries can get enough water all year round, why can’t a farmer?”

When KJ Antoji's garden pipe accidentally hit the ground, it sparked an idea that would go on to help several resorts, hundreds of farmers, & families conserve water!

The underground reservoir can hold 40 million litres of water and can supply for as long as seven months.

In Odisha's Rauli the authorities had very limited options to source water from, till they had this idea.

Permaculture could be the alternate way of living and growing that can be a possible game changer in our race towards a better future.

As part of the Satyameva Jayate Water Cup 2017, over 1,300 villages in drought-prone areas of Maharashtra are creating water-harvesting structures to overcome chronic water scarcity, particularly during the hot season. Nidhi Jamwal takes a closer look.

These man-made ‘ice stupas’ by Sonam Wangchuk are Ladakh’s own way of water harvesting. Find out the science behind it.