Water Conservation
Water is life. We have been listening to this phrase since time immemorial, but do we realize its importance for our sustenance. India along with some other nations is going through an unprecedented water crisis.
There are many factors that have led to this water crisis in our country, the major being the effects of climate change. Due to climate change we are having erratic rainfalls, cloud bursts, the rain days are decreasing, the droughts are drier and draining rivers, aquifers, and reservoirs. In urban as well as rural landscape, catchment areas are decreasing with large scale wetland degradation and poor water management.
There are many factors that have led to this water crisis in our country, the major being the effects of climate change. Due to climate change we are having erratic rainfalls, cloud bursts, the rain days are decreasing, the droughts are drier and draining rivers, aquifers, and reservoirs. In urban as well as rural landscape, catchment areas are decreasing with large scale wetland degradation and poor water management.
CLIMATE REALITY IS WORKING INTENSIVELY ON PROGRAMS LIKE TRADITIONAL RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM AS WELL AS OFFLINE / ONLINE WORKSHOPS TO CREATE LOCAL WATER WARRIORS.
Rainwater harvesting project - VILLAGE KAMAKHEDA, DISTRICT BEED
The pilot project done at drought prone villages of Beed, Maharashtra to make it water sufficient have shown good results. Now, the state government is taking this project to other Talukas for mass replication.
RWH Structures – Pune Municipality
Collaboration with Pune Municipality to build RWH structures at big catchment areas.
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NATIONAL COORDINATORS - water CONSERVATION
Retd. Col. Shashikant Dalvi
RAINWATER HARVESTING CONSULTANT On retirement, Col (Retd) Shashikant Dalvi successfully designed and implemented ROOF TOP RAIN WATER HARVESTING (RWH) project in his own residential society. This project was one of its kind in Pune and gained appreciation from one and all. Since 2003, More than 250 RWH projects have been successfully implemented by him which includes Hospitals, Multi-Storied Complexes, Schools, Colleges, Industry etc.
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Fawzia Tarannum
PROFESSOR, TERI UNIVERSITY Ms. Fawzia is the Programme Coordinator in the Coca-Cola Department of Regional Water Studies at the TERI School of Advanced Studies. She is an interdisciplinary water professional with 20+ years of experience in project management, teaching and training. She is an Electrical Engineer with Diploma in Management and her PhD is in Participatory Water Management. She was also awarded the Fulbright Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship by the US State Department. She has also done short assignment on professional affiliation in Water and Ocean Governance Department at UNDP in New York City.
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