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State of India's Environment : rise, fall and potential of India's traditional water harvesting system

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi; Centre for science and environment; 1997Description: 404 pSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.7 STA
Summary: JAISALMER A district in the heart of the Thar desert Annual rainfall 100 mm. In the 1987 drought, the goverment's piped water supply ran dry. But there was enough water for people who stuck to their rainwater harvesting structures called kunds CHERRAPUNJI A village in the northeast Annual rainfall 15.000 mm. Officially recorded as a village that suffers water shortage Water is concrete. Afterdry pipes, canals and politician-friendly big dams, let us understand all over again the wisdom of managing water. So Dying Wisdom looks at India's traditional water harvesting systems Water harvesting is a rational response to the ecology in which people subsist After post-1947 state-sponsored scarcity, let es understand why Kautilya's Arthasastra links state prosperity to rainfal regimes, soil types, crop patterns and localised water harvesting. So Dying Wisdom looks into a millennial tradition that expertly met people's drinking water and imigation needs. The water harvesting rationale is to extend the bounties of the monsoon. After a skewed water policy, let us pay heed to the basic principle: Conserve water where it falls. So Dying Wisdom looks into India's 15 ecological zones, each with its localised harvesting systems An awesome variety. A trove of technology After liberalisation, let us consider the following: Rain is decentralised. So is the demand for water. Why can't we decentralise supply? So Dying Wisdom argues for a revival of local water harvesting systems. A revival that is not an archaic return to the past. The way to the future is clear: Catch water where it falls.
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JAISALMER

A district in the heart of the Thar desert Annual rainfall 100 mm. In the 1987 drought, the goverment's piped water supply ran dry. But there was enough water for people who stuck to their rainwater harvesting structures called kunds

CHERRAPUNJI

A village in the northeast Annual rainfall 15.000 mm. Officially recorded as a village that suffers water shortage Water is concrete.

Afterdry pipes, canals and politician-friendly big dams, let us understand all over again the wisdom of managing water. So Dying Wisdom looks at India's traditional water harvesting systems Water harvesting is a rational response to the ecology in which people subsist

After post-1947 state-sponsored scarcity, let es understand why Kautilya's Arthasastra links state prosperity to rainfal regimes, soil types, crop patterns and localised water harvesting.

So Dying Wisdom looks into a millennial tradition that expertly met people's drinking water and imigation needs. The water harvesting rationale is to extend the bounties of the monsoon.

After a skewed water policy, let us pay heed to the basic principle: Conserve water where it falls.

So Dying Wisdom looks into India's 15 ecological zones, each with its localised harvesting systems An awesome variety. A trove of technology After liberalisation, let us consider the following: Rain is decentralised. So is the demand for water. Why can't we decentralise supply?

So Dying Wisdom argues for a revival of local water harvesting systems.

A revival that is not an archaic return to the past.

The way to the future is clear: Catch water where it falls.

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