Rainwater Harvesting

May 25, 2021July 28, 2023 rashneh@gmail.com

India is one of the most water stressed countries in the world today. 28% of the country is drought prone and 54% of groundwater is declining faster than it is being recharged. The ever-expanding cities of India are suffering major water shortages throughout the year and the gap between demand for water and supply of water keeps increasing with each passing year.

The practice of harvesting rainwater (RWH), where rain that falls on rooftops and terraces during the monsoon season is stored in tanks or is channelled into the ground to recharge the water table, is a proven, simple, economic and sustainable means of meeting household demands for water.

The overall goal of this project is to introduce, promote and help install rainwater harvesting systems so as to improve the living conditions and urban environment of cities. CERE undertakes various systems to harvest rainwater such as creation of percolation pits, contour trenches, bunds, open wells and deepening of all existing water bodies.

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Programs:

Rainwater Harvesting Project at the Maharashtra Police Academy, Nashik

CERE has created Nashik city’s largest RWH system of a capacity of 170 million litres of water per annum at the Maharashtra Police Academy (MPA) with a series of percolation pits, contour trenches, bunds, open wells and deepening of all existing water bodies.

Rainwater Harvesting Project at the Maharashtra Police Academy, Naigaon

CERE has partnered with Mumbai Police to implement RWH system at the Armed Police Headquarters in Naigaon near Dadar. The project has the capacity to harvest 38.8 million litres of rainwater per annum and has benefited 2,338 police families.

Rainwater Harvesting Project at Malcolm Baug in Mumbai

With the goal of this long-term project is to introduce, promote and help install rainwater harvesting systems to Mumbai city, in August 2006, CERE successfully completed a project to harvest rainwater at Malcolm Baug in Jogeshwari, Mumbai and today 175 households in five buildings of the residential colony are reaping the benefits as the usage of costly municipal water has been drastically reduced.

Rainwater Harvesting Project in Dahanu Taluka

In December 2006, borewell recharge measures were initiated in tribal villages in Dahanu Taluka by CERE.

River Rejuvenation Project

Carried out on River Vasana, which is a tributary of River Krishna in Koregaon Taluka of Maharashtra’s Satara district, the project involves deepening and widening of streams, construction of cement and earthen check dams, improve nullahs and digging of farm ponds with a target to make 5,000 villages free of water scarcity every single year.

Rainwater Harvesting at The Directorate of Police Wireless Headquarters, Pune

The project comprises of 1 pond with 25 lac litres holding volume, 9 recharge pits, 1 well and 5 underground deep percolation trenches and has the capacity to collect 30 million litres of water each monsoon season.

Kundalika Seena Rejuvenation and Watershed Management

CERE develop a comprehensive blueprint for the watershed of Ghanewadi Lake and Kundalika-Seena streams up to Jalna city in partnership with the Kundalika Seena Rejuvenation and Development Foundation (KSF), the District Administration of Jalna and Natural Solutions Pvt. Ltd.