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Global Scenario

We can END POVERTY 2015 Millennium developmentgoals: Goal 7, Target 7c: Halve, by 2015, theproportion of the population without sustainableaccess to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

National Academy of Engineering: One of the FourteenGrand challenges provide access to clean water

World Water day 22 March 2011, Providing Water forthe cities Rural poor Vs.growing urban slumshttp://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/index.html

Each person needs 25-50 liters of fresh water and onein six people world wide do not have access to this.
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Indian ScenarioEvery one loves a good drought by P. Sainath, Penguin India, 1996:

Some Farmers earn more money by selling water than Agriculture produce

Saving potential of water is maximum in Agriculture

DST mission on water challenges based on supreme court directivein March 2009: Low per capita availability

Geological contamination through Arsenic

Contamination through Flouride

Biological contamination Alkaline earth metal salt salinity and hardness

Storage capacity for seasonal/monsoon rain water

Non-optimal use of water in Agriculture & Industry

Drinking water quality issues

Evaporation loss from water bodies

River and flash flood management

Depletion of ground water table and aquifers

Water body disuse

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Rajasthan

Several kinds of rainwater harvesting systemsbawari and jhalara (depend on groundwater),talab, nadi, tanka, kund and khadin (based on

harnessing surface runoff)and

harvesting of roofwater.

Modern methods: Overhead tanks, Bhakra damfed Indira Gandhi Canal, over-exploitation of

Ground water reserve by tube wells http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/publications/Working

_Papers/working/WOR104.pdf
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Pushkar- Rejuvenation


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Pushkar Beginning of the Thar famed

for its Camel fair in November


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Jodhpur Kylana


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Jodhpur Kylana


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Jaisalmer GadisagarFor a lyrical account see Silver drops of Rajasthan by Anupam Mishra

(http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/7354)


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Jaisalmer Gadisagar


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Jaisalmer Gadisagar


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Jaisalmer Gadisagar


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Making most of a water leak from

Indira Gandhi canal near Jaisalmer


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PokhranRamdevra Temple Tank


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Pokhran- Ramdevra with an overhead

Tank at distance


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Potential for water related researchDST mandate:

To find out inexpensive methods of converting saline water into freshwater

To find out methods of harnessing and managing the monsoon rain water To manage the flood waters

To do research in rain water harvesting and treatment of waste water andalso recommend

Demonstrate traditional rain water harvesting techniques once prevalentin Rajasthan (underground wells Baoris etc)

Water conservation through recycling to be used for solar plants

Water Kiosks and entrepreneurship ideas http://globalwater.jhu.edu/based on cheaper ideas of solar thermal based water distillation anddesalination units as an alternative to reverse osmosis units

Develop Low cost drip irrigation kits to save water in Agriculture

Contribute to the Vision of India-WRIS project (to provide a SingleWindow Solution for all water resources data and information in astandardized national GIS framework to water resources departments /organizations for assessment, monitoring, planning, development andIntegrated Water Resources Management). http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/ and Aquastat of UNhttp://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm
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