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SOS Vol 2, May 2020

Rain Water Harvesting

Introduction

Rainwater Harvesting is one of the most

commonly used methods to save water.

It refers to storing of rainwater for vari-

ous uses. The notion behind rainwater

harvesting is to not waste the rainwater

and prevent it from running off. In oth-

er words, it is done to collect rainwater

using simple mechanisms. This method Methods:-

is very useful considering the water
scarcity that is happening in India. Rainwater harvesting is a very

Moreover, rainwater harvesting is so simple method that can be prac-

easy that almost anyone can do it. We ticed by anyone. There are primar-

must encourage this practice to help ily two types of rainwater harvest-

people get access to clean water easily ing methods. The first one is sur-

face runoff harvesting. In this
without any cost.
method, the water that runs off the

surface is focused on. We see how

the surface runoff causes a lot of

loss of water. However, if we make

proper arrangements, we can even

save that water to use for various

purposes .