By reviving a traditional watershed technology known as a johad, or check dam, in the Alwar region of Rajasthan, local people have restored the ecological balance of the region. This form of decentralized […]
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In some of this planet’s driest regions, where rainfall is rare or even nonexistent, a few specialized plants and insects have devised ingenious strategies to provide themselves with the water necessary for life: […]
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In 1987, the remote fishing village of Chungungo in Chile was transformed by the installation of a fog collecting system, after relying solely on water supplied by truck for years. With a dependable […]
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In India, rainwater harvesting systems on 83,000 hectares, a little more than half the size of Delhi, could provide clean drinking and cooking water for the entire one billion population of the country. […]
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Waterscan is the UK’s leading provider of water management services. They identify inefficient uses of water and offer practical and technical solutions that radically reduce water consumption and costs, with services that include: […]
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In 1998, communities in the Moneragala district in Sri Lanka’s dry zone initiated low-cost rainwater harvesting technology, using tanks to collect and store rain channelled by gutters and pipes as it runs off […]
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