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Water Harvesting: A household Game Changer [ Free Report ] |
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by Mufaro Zibanai | 10-03-2020 18:28
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Rain! Rain! The large raindrops hit the ground hard and later water starts to flow. My people clap hands, beat drums, ululate and dance as a sign of appreciation to God for the rains to quench the thirsty land. We appreciate the rains but we need to ask ourselves, “Where is that water flowing going to?” What do we need? The answer is simple, “water harvesting”. The ‘Conserve Energy Future’ team defined, water harvesting means capturing rain water, where it falls and capture the runoff from, catchment and streams etc. Generally, water harvesting is direct rainwater collection. This collected water could be stored for later use and recharged into the ground water again. When I grew up mother, whenever it rains used to tell us to put buckets near the roof ends so we could collect water. However, little did I know we were water harvesting. Water harvesting have many benefits at household level, institutional levels and national level. My focus is water harvesting at household level. Firstly, save money on water bills by using your own water source. Recently, BCC published new water rates, which increased by more than 400%, and this means the expenditure for households on water sharply increased thus failure to meet other household expenditures. Furthermore, it benefits through watering the gardens. In Zimbabwe both urban and rural homes people have gardens in which they grow vegetables for self-consumption and commercial purposes. More so, no water shortage due to water cuts. ZINWA published that the water reservoirs levels were below 25% because of the drought spell in the country thus serious water rationing was to be in place to combat the problem. There are responsibilities we have to meet in order to enjoy clean and safe water from water harvesting. Rain Harvest South Africa published that roofs made of bamboo could have health hazards. In a similar way, roofs containing metallic paint or similar coatings are unsuitable since they may pass on color and taste to the water that is collected. The surface of roofs should regularly cleansed in order to remove leaves, bird droppings, and dust. This should ensure high quality of collected water. References
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12 Comments
Enjoyed reading this.
Thank you for this wonderful report
Posted 01-04-2020 08:51
great report, thank you for sharing
Posted 30-03-2020 16:35
Hello
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Green cheers
Warm regards
Susmita
Posted 29-03-2020 01:12
Thanks for the report
Posted 26-03-2020 18:48
Hello Mufaro
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about Water Harvesting
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 16-03-2020 02:08
Hi Mufaro Zibanai, this is Sang Su Lee.
According to the U.N., many countries are suffering from water shortage. South Korea is also one of countries that have water shortage. Therefore, it is so important to use water economically. Water harvesting would be a good solution to this problem I guess. Thank you for your research and report. This way is indeed a clever way to conquer this problem.
Posted 13-03-2020 14:19
Greetings
I do hope everything is going well ..
Thank you so much for sharing your report on water harvesting...
Just wonderful!!
Green cheers
Regards
Jasmine karki
Posted 12-03-2020 11:22
Hello Mufaro, this is mentor Taehyun!
Thank you for introducing the 'water harvest' to us! For me, water harvesting is a very familiar topic, because when I was a primary school student, I read a book about water harvesting and made a rainwater collector with recycled umbrella and plastic bottle. It was really fun. Rain collecting is good for the arid region. You can save water by collecting cycling rainwater. Very useful!
Thank you for the useful information!
Green cheers!
Posted 11-03-2020 22:13
Actually, this was really useful! We need to start thinking in green urbanization systems and ways to help people to find a way to sustainability!
from Argentina with love
Gian
Posted 11-03-2020 04:20
Hello
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Regards
Susmita
Posted 11-03-2020 01:48
This is absolutely fascinating. Its a really good solution for countries and places where there is a lack of water.
~Troyee~
Posted 11-03-2020 00:39
Wow! It was wonderful reading to the report.
Definitely it benefits at household lever, institutional level and national lever.
Regards,
Alok Dhakal
Nepal
Posted 10-03-2020 19:08