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?Nepal is the second richest country in the world in water resource?- sometimes this sentence seems to be a satire to the people and the system who are deprived of energy and moreover the availability of water. Thirsty Kathmandu is one of the worst scenario of it while if we take our binocular 520 km East away from Kathmandu, we will see another city –Dharan thirsty for water. Dharan Municipality is one of the 99 municipalities located in Sunsari district within Koshi zone in Eastern Development Region of the country. Covering an area of 103.38 square kilometres, the municipality gives shelter to 27750 household (CBS, 2011). It has gained its identity as one of the cleanest municipalities in the country along with proper management of waste and other resources but not water.
Drained by 2 rivers, the municipality is rich in the surface water and it also receives rainfall intensity of 2.6m/year and rainfall of 2626 mm annually. Unable to supply adequate water to the city dwellers due to dependency upon surface water and ground water, the city is suffering from water scarcity throughout the year. Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC) the only government body responsible for water supply to the city dwellers has been able to supply only 10.9 MLD (Dry Season) and 13 MLD (Wet season) out of demanded 15.4 MLD. To supply the water NWSC abstracts water from Sardu Khola, and Khardu Khola while it also extracts groundwater from 3 deep boring. Remaining water is being supplied by the tanker suppliers meanwhile very few houses have adapted Rainwater Harvesting System (RWHS). It is a tragedy that despite of huge potentiality of RWH in the municipality NWSC has not aggressively promoted RWH in the municipality which could reduce the pressure on existing city supply. Despite such shortage of water and municipalities effort to promote Rainwater Harvesting through leverage in building construction permission fees, very few houses are adapting RWH in their home. ?People are not convinced that RW is drinkable hence they do not adapt RWH system,? says Mr. Suraj Shrestha- Senior Engineer at Dharan Municipality. However people are not aware of the quality of drinking water supplied by NWSC as a result the lab which should be maintained by NWSC does not function due to lack of concern from both government and the people. The problem: The main problem of promoting RWH harvesting is the perception on Rainwater Harvesting, as they are not assured with the quality of water however none of the people have ever tried to actually check the quality of rainwater. Moreover the municipality also faces difficulties in providing knowledge regarding RWH to the people due to lack of expertise within the municipality there are no organization working effectively in promotion of RWH. Meanwhile people having thatched roof has constructed the gutter system in their home but unfortunately the water is passed into the drainage in the city. Please visit the following link for the complete article : http://journalistsforrwh.blogspot.com/ this is another platform where I post my articles and specifically deal with Rainwater only, hope you all will enjoy reading it.looking forward to receive reviews from you all.
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I've seen that some people in hilly areas of Nepal adopt rainwater harvesting to solve their water problems. So, this can be effective and economic method to solve water scarcity problem of kathmandu valley as well.
Posted 12-02-2014 01:59
nice report.thanks for sharing.
Posted 11-02-2014 21:41
I have recently come across the knowledge of rainwater harvesting project in my college given to one of my professors. Hopefully this will bring change in the perception of people.
Posted 11-02-2014 14:29
Local people can also take small steps for rain water harvesting like making ponds in open areas.
Posted 11-02-2014 12:26
yes, rain water harvesting is an appropriate technique to tackle the current situation.
Posted 11-02-2014 09:43
yes rain water harvest would be the one solution for the scarcity of water in kathmandu valley, So we must promote it.
Posted 10-02-2014 19:00
I agree, Rain Water Harvesting should be encouraged in order to tackle this issue. Municipality & Local people in particular must play a responsible role.
Posted 10-02-2014 18:58