Miss Apurva Raj, a student of Class – VIII of our Little Flower School has taken initiative to spread the message on advantage of Rainwater harvesting  along with her friends Nikita & Torsa Chattoraj of the same school.

 

Many residents of Jamshedpur, India  had hard the word ? Rainwater Harvesting?  , but what exactly it was not cleared many of us.  For better under standing of it , Apurva has taken special initiative and displayed a bigger size live models. Her smiling face and excellent communication skill attracted many visitors in  different exhibitions and helping them for    thinking for   implementation  for water conservation.

Recently , the total team  had displayed their models in our  annual exhibition of school. More than 2000 students and their parents had taken necessary information about it. In the model, drops of  rain water was made by using of   shower and water pump.  By seeing their  model,  total cycle of water can be seen and advantage of rain water  harvesting can be understood easily. Even children ( class – V and below) like us also got clear idea about the project

They were explaining  about the project in simplest way. The project has created a major impact in our industrial city Jamshedpur in India. Local news papers also appreciated their effort and visitors responses.

 

 Apurva has shared the following information- 

 

1. RAIN WATER HARVESTING-  Rainwater Harvesting is a technology use for collecting & storing rainwater from rooftops, the land surface or rock catchments using simple techniques such as underground check dams. The techniques usually found in Asia & Africa arise from practices employed by ancient civilizations with these regions & still serve as a major source of drinking water supply in rural areas. Commonly used systems are constructed of 3 principal components namely, the catchments area, the collection device & the conveyance system.

 

2.WHY SHOULD  RAIN BE HARVESTED ?-Rainwater is to be harvested to conserve & augment the storage of groundwater to reduce the water table depletion, to improve the quality of groundwater & to arrest sea water intrusion in coastal areas. 

 

 

 I have done some modifications in my model by fitting a globe which represents deforestation on 1 side & greenery on the other side. Deforestation had disrupted the water cycle on the 1st side i.e., the barren side of the earth. Whereas the other side is free of these issues because of the conservative thinking of the citizens towards the nature. Due to deforestation there is scarcity of water & thus, derives my method of rainwater harvesting i.e., open well method.

 

Open Well Method :-

The method begins with rainwater falling on the terrace. It gets accumulated & then passes through the PVC pipes to the RCC slab which contains a mixture of broken bricks & sand. This way the impurities are kept back & the filtered water then moves further ahead. It gets stored in the well for future use. By this method 2,500-10,000 Ltrs.  can be stored per day. And this water can be used for several purposes in our household.