Spark the Rise Season 1 case studies

A solution for dealing with water shortage in villages by

harvesting ground water

Salient points• The problem: A village with a population of 1000 people needs 2.5

crore litres of water annually.• Water is available only if there is adequate groundwater• 80-90 % of rainwater is wasted as run-off and evaporation. There is

no way to ‘catch’ and store the water above ground. • KFP (Patented) Rainwater harvesting is a low-cost, eco-friendly

Super Express Highway for recharging 80% rainwater underground (with negligible run-off and evaporation).

• One time investment for harvesting rainwater is Rs 4 -5 per cu mtr• The idea, says the entrant, can recharge more than 10 crore litres of

rainwater underground by implementing the idea– The entrant claims that his idea offers a permanent solution to:

A. Problems caused by both drought and floodsB. Unreliable Monsoon- No rain, low rain and heavy rainC. Individual farms which rely on rain

– D. Solves drinking water crisis and depleting groundwater tables in villages

Who will benefit?

• The entrant sees his solution helping villages with water scarcity (tanker fed villages)

• He also sees his idea saving power required for pumping/ transporting water over large distances

How does this work?

The project Champion

• Vijay Kedia