| WATER |
| Building sufficient water reserve
through rainwater harvesting
Scarcity of water has prompted several individuals and organisations in the State to resort to innovative techniques towards conservation of water. Many such efforts in rainwater harvesting are setting a new precedence in solving the problem.[C.ELDOC.6008694] Rainwater Harvesting in India
Estimates of the Central Ground Water Board are that the reservoir
of underground water will dry up entirely by 2025 in as many as fifteen
States in India – if the present level of exploitation and misuse of underground
water continues. By 2050, when more than 50 per cent of the Indian population
is expected to shift to the cities, fresh drinking water is expected to
get very scarce.[C.ELDOC.1071284]Rainwater Harvesting Simple Methods and Significant
Results
Water is the key to life. Presence of water and
its absence determines the fertility or the bareness of the land
and the ecosystem that surrounds it. One of the major sources of good
water is from RAIN or PRECIPITATION.[C.ELDOC.1071283]
WEBSITES TO VISIT BOOKS TO READ RAINWATER CLUB RAINWATER HARVESTING |
| ENERGY |
| WASTE |
Farming In Cities:Raising food in cities improves urban landscapes and residents' diets using urban-generated waste by Jac Smit & Joe NasrCities can be transformed from being only consumers of food and other agricultural products into resource-conserving, health-improving, sustainable generators of these products. In particular, urban agriculture can convert wastes into resources, put vacant and under-utilized areas into productive use, and conserve natural resources in rural areas while improving the environment for urban living.[C.ELDOC.]Solid Waste Reuse and Urban Agriculture-Dilemmas In Developing Countries:The Bad News & The Good News By Christine Furedy & Tasneem ChowdhuryThis paper, introduces the basic issues of public health arising from solid waste reuse in urban agriculture. We are not writing as planners, so much as suggesting preliminary ways that development advisors and urban planners can understand these concerns and develop frameworks and criteria for reducing the public health risks of using of urban solid wastes in urban agriculture. The scope of this discussion is confined to municipal solid wastes (household-commercial-institutional). It does not include separately managed special wastes or segregated human excreta and wastewater, e.g., septage and sewage sludges, and sludge cakes.[C.ELDOC.] |