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SOS Vol 2, May 2020

Rain Water Harvesting

TEAM DETAILS

TRADE– SHEET METAL WORKER

Mr Mangal Brata Pradhan

Mentor, CL, Tata strive
Arjun Kisku Himanshu singh Pinkunath Barik

Guided By-

Mr Dinesh Kumar

Trainer, Wireman

Lucky Mohanta Babulu Majhi

Benefit:- Easy to maintain

Provides a backup source of water

The collected rainwater can be used Rainwater harvesting systems are

for many different purposes around considerably easy to maintain since

the home. This includes laundry, they are not utilized for drinking, cook-

washing dishes, and more. This ing, or other sensitive uses. This means

would prevent groundwater deple- that they will not need the installation

tion and augment groundwater table. of purification systems, which are usu-

ally expensive.
Reduces erosion and flooding around
Ecological benefit buildings

The ecological benefit rainwater har-

vesting systems bring is that there It helps to reduce soil erosion as by

will be a significant reduction in the capturing rainwater, the flow of

amount of water used from the mains. storm water is reduced which can al-

This, ideally, means that water com- so prevent urban flooding. If the wa-

panies will not have to artificially ter were not collected efficiently, it

pump in water from rivers and lakes. could have resulted in serious soil
erosion and flooding around the
This will help minimize the possibil- house.
ity of rivers drying up.