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RAIN WATER HARVESTING

INTRODUCTION
OVER EXPLOITATION OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES HAS LED TO DECLINE IN THE WATER LEVEL. OTHER COMMON REASONS OF DECLINE IN WATER LEVEL INCLUDE INCREASED TUBE WELL DENSITY AND DECREASED AREA FOR WATER INFILTRATION DUE TO INCREASED COVERED AREA. RAINWATER AS POTENTIAL SOURCE OF REPLENISHING THE GROUNDWATER LEVEL ALSO WASTED. NEED FOR ARTIFICIAL RECHARGING OF GROUNDWATER THE RECHARGING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY RAINWATER HARVESTING. THE EFFICACY OF RECHARGING CAN BE MAINTAINED BY SERIAL PEIZEOMETRIC READINGS OR BY CHECKING THE OUTPUT OF TUBE WELLS

METHODOLOGY
THE STUDY AREA WAS SURVED BY OUR ENGINEERS AND FOLLOWING POINTS WERE GIVEN SPECIAL EMPHASIS

PHYSIOGRAPHIC CONDITION EXISTING DRAINAGE PATTERN ROOF TOP DRAINAGE PHYSICAL PLAN OF AREA TERRAMETRIC INVESTIGA TION
DATA WAS ANALYSED BY RESIX V2 SOFTW ARE TO ASSES RAINW A TER POTENTIAL OF AREA ISOHYT AL MAPS OF METEROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT WERE USED.

METHODOLOGY

RAINWA TER POTENTIAL W AS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS I. ROOFTOP HARVESTING. 2. OPEN SPACE HARVESTING ROOF TOP HARVESTING POTENTIAL CALCULA TED BY FORMULA = RUNOFF COEFF X INTENSITY X AREA OF BUILDING. OPEN SP ACE HARVESTING POTENTIAL CALCULA TED BY FORMULA =AREA X W A TER LEVEL FLUCTUA TION X SPECFIC YEILD.

LITHOLOGICAL SECTION

LOCATION OF INJECTION WELLS

Calculation of Drainage System On The Basis Of Max. Rainfall (540 mm/hour).

ANAL YSIS AND DISCUTIONS


RETURN PERIOD = 2 YEARS. INTENSITY ~ 5.4 cms/ HR. CONCENTRATION TIME (15 MIN). RUNOFF COEFFICIENT = 0.85. TOTAL ROOFTOP POTENTIAL= 1171 m3

Calculation of Roof-Top Potential On The Basis Of Annual Average Rainfall (610 mm).

FENCE DIAGRAM

Clay

Sandy Clay

Sand

Clay with Kankar

ANALYSIS AND DISCUTIONS

ANAL YSIS OF OPEN SP ACE HARVESTING POTENTIAL.


AREA (HACTRE) = 0.85. SPECIFIC YEILD = 0.19 WATER LEVEL FLUCTUATION= 2.3 M.

TOTAL AREA POTENTIAL OF IOC = 3715.3 m3/ YEAR. NET OPEN AREA = TOTAL SPACE - COVERED AREA. 0.85HACTRES 0.55 HACTRES. = 0.3 HACTRES. NET OPEN POTENTIAL = 1299.5 m3 / YEAR.

GEOLOGICAL/ LITHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

INJECTION WELL METHOD . FENCE DIAGRAM WAS CREATED WHICH HAS SHOWN AQUIFERS ON TERRAMETERIC INTERPOLA TION AREA WAS FOUND DOMINANTLY CLAY HORIZONTALLY MIXED WITH KANKAR. DESIGN FOR ROOF TOP AREA. GOOD SOURCE OF UNPOLLUTED WATER THE VOLUME OF WATER COLLECTED FROM ROOFTOP CONVEYED TO INJECTION THROUGH NETWORK OF PIPES. THE INJECTION WELL LOCATED ON CREST OF THE STRATA

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS


AN URGENT NEED FOR RAINW A TER HAR VESTING IS FELT , SPACIALLY IN AREAS WITH LOW GROUND WATER LEVELS. IOCRD LIES UNDER BLACK CATEGORY EXCESSIVE WATER PUMPIG HAS CAUSED A DECLINE IN GROUND WATER LEVEL IN THE STUDY AREA ROOFTOP RAINWATER HARVESTING BECOMES ESSENTIAL TO REPLANISH THE LOST WATER

ONE INJECTION WELL WAS DESIGNED FOR ROOFTOP HARVESTING AT OMAX FUSION AS METHOD OF RECHARGING GROUND W A TER LEVEL. WE EXPECT THAT DISCHARGE OF TUBE WELLS WILL INCREASE..

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS


THE SALINITY OF WATER WILL DECREASE AND QULITY WILLIMFROVES WITH THIS TECHNIQUE.
THE ENERGY CONSUMTION IN PUMPING OF WATER WILL REDUCE THE METHOD IS HIGHLY ECONOIMICAL. THIS METHOD OF RECHARGING OF GROUND WATER WILL ACT AS MODLE FOR REST OF THE COUNTRY WITH PROBLEMS OF DECLINING WATER LEVELS.

INJECTION WELL

GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENT

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