Water Harvesting, Conservation and Utilisation

Water Harvesting, Conservation and Utilisation

1 Methods of Water Harvesting

  1. Regional Perspectives
  2. Water Harvesting Techniques
  3. In situ Water Harvesting Techniques
  4. Surface Water Harvesting Techniques
  5. Runoff Water Storage Structures
  6. Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting
  7. Water Harvesting for Crop Production

2 Rainwater Harvesting System

  1. Benefits and Advantages of Rainwater Harvesting
  2. Types of Rainwater Harvesting Systems
  3. Collection and Storage
  4. Planning and Design
  5. Components of Rainwater Harvesting Systems
  6. Purification of Water for Drinking
  7. Do’s and Don’ts

3 Water Harvesting for Crop Production

  1. Water Harvesting for Crop Production
  2. Collection and Storage
  3. Water Harvesting Systems for Crop Production
  4. Planning and Design of Water Harvesting Structures
  5. Water Harvesting Practices in Different Agro-climatic Zones
  6. Utilization of Harvested Water
  7. Irrigation Scheduling
  8. Methods of Irrigation

4 Artificial Groundwater Recharge

  1. Groundwater Recharge: Basic Concepts, Need and Benefits
  2. Ideal Conditions for Artificial Recharge
  3. Design Considerations for Artificial Groundwater Recharge
  4. Artificial Groundwater Recharge Methods
  5. Ditch and Contour Bunds
  6. Percolation Tanks/Spreading Basin
  7. Check Dams, Cement Plug and Nala Bunds
  8. Gabion Structure
  9. Dugwell Recharge
  10. Recharge Pits and Ditches
  11. Recharge Shaft
  12. Recharge Shaft with Tubewells
  13. Recharge Trenches with Tubewells
  14. Recharge Through Injection Wells
  15. Induced Recharge
  16. Sub-surface Dykes

5 Storage of Harvested Water

  1. Traditional Methods of Water Storage
  2. Types of Water Storage Structures
  3. Excavated Pits or Ponds
  4. Tanks
  5. Plastic Lined Pond
  6. Reservoirs
  7. Percolation Tanks
  8. Underground Cistern
  9. Aquifer
  10. Soil Profile
  11. Construction of Water Storage Structures

6 Water Conservation Techniques

  1. Water Conservation
  2. Domestic Water Conservation
  3. Industrial Water Conservation
  4. Agricultural Water Conservation
  5. Methods of Irrigation
  6. Irrigation Efficiencies