Tag: rainwater harvesting
Rainwater harvesting a must for new buildings in Secunderabad
While the city desperately facing the need to adopt water conservation techniques, the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB) has made it mandatory to construct rain water harvesting (RWH) pits...
33 States/UTs adopt rainwater harvesting under model building bye laws
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed that 33 States/ Union Territories have adopted the rainwater harvesting feature under Model Building Bye Laws,...
Rainwater Harvesting; advantages, types and methods
Amidst all this water gloom, there is the momentum to find innovative methods out of the crisis. One such water conservation method is rainwater...
Different types of water management methods
Water scarcity is being driven by two converging phenomena: growing freshwater use and depletion of usable freshwater resources. Water use has been growing globally...
Pune civic body lens on rainwater harvesting
The Pune civic body will from now allow tax discounts for rainwater harvesting to properties only after checking if groundwater was recharged.
A Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) official said...
Property tax discounts to encourage use of rainwater harvesting
In a praiseworthy move, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has announced tax deductions in order to encourage citizens to implement rainwater harvesting and use solar energy in their areas.
This...
Rainwater harvesting buildings to be geo-tagged- IMC
Online record of property having rainwater harvesting system will now be maintained by civic body to monitor and promote the self-sustainable system as part of...
Water preservation methods during ancient times
Water conservation includes all the policies, strategies and activities to sustainably manage the natural resources of fresh water, to protect the hydrosphere, and to...
Rainwater harvesting mandatory for 30x40ft buildings
BENGALURU: Rainwater harvesting soon to be mandated even for buildings standing on 30x40ft sites due to depleting groundwater table in Bengaluru.
Currently, the practice...