Harnessing our most precious resource and bringing it to the people

We thank

Center for World Solidarity –

SuGWM Project &

VRUTTI – EU IWRM Project

Stream water harvesting An alternative for Check Dams

Sustainable rural water solution For

Streams are treasures of water, can be used as percolation

catalyst and Evaporation Arrestors

To know about Stream water harvesting it is very

important to know about different water tables

All water tables in one image

What is Stream water harvesting?

• It is a simple but result oriented innovative way of harvesting huge volume of rain water that flows through the streams.

• There are 2 types namely: Surface Dyke and Underground Bund-cum-Lake.

• Unlike surface check dams, stream water harvesting is done underground to harvest the hidden stream which flows

below the stream bed. • Hidden stream flow is obstructed by the underground plastic

dam or underground bund which results in recharging natural springs resulting in water in near by openwells and

borewells.

• If ten such systems are created along a stream in 1 KM, water will be available all the twelve months of a year down stream.

• Nearly 10 villages drinking and agricultural water needs can be addressed.

• In this system no land is encroached for creating a reservoir, no loss of water due to evaporation, it is a one time installation, zero evaporation.

How much rain water flows through stream?

Implementation

Inauguration of the project by his

holiness Sri Tontadarya Swamiji 2008/09

First the sand on the stream bed is shifted.

A trench 150 feet across the stream, 100 feet upstream and 8 feet deep is dug.

A bund is made across the stream flow.

The bund and part of the trench bed is lined with plastic

The entire Lake /trench is filled up with available sand that was shifted earlier.

Sri Tontadarya Swamiji witnessing the

results and success in 2012

Success Stories in images

Before Intervention

After intervention

Swamiji addressing media to motivate

people to upscale this project

What happened this year after our intervention?

• Till date 29 borewells have been drilled

• 3 borewells for drinking purpose

• Borewell water was found potable and absolutely free from hardness, fluoride, etc.

• Water is available at depths as low as 38 ft 70 ft

• The deepest borewell is just 180 ft deep

Water flows like a stream

Static level in these villages is as

high as water rich area

Images of springs getting charged

Winner of the Jamnalal Bajaj National Award for Application of Science and Technology for

Rural Development 2009

Present Status and ‘R & D’ • After 3 years of completing stream water harvesting at

Maranbasari, Neeralagi, Sudi and Nagaral villages of Gadag District, all existing borewells are yielding very good water

• However, we feel that considering water demand, stream water harvesting is bit slow in result due to hard morum soil layers

• To recharge the underground water table or deeper soil, our ‘R &D’ is going one.

• We plan to harvest stream water by drilling Sub-soil Borewells on upper stream and inject stream water into the deeper soil to get instant results.

• These borewells serve 2 purpose; drawing water as well as recharging

• We plan to drill 4 such borewells before this monsoon and show the results to the govt authorities to replicate everywhere

How powerful Stream water harvesting can be?

It can save India from catastrophes that may arise from river Interlinking

I confidently assure that if we don’t link and mess with our rivers, India

will have water surplus in 2050!

Issues related to River interlinking

• Huge expenditure leading to paying thousands of Crores of rupees as interest to world banks and developed countries

• Decades of time required to complete the project

• Land saline issues

• Land encroachment issues

• Silt issues

• Affects marine life and in turn affects fishermen

• Spread of pollution from one river to another and new cities dumping more waste into the inter river channels

• New ‘river water distribution’ disputes between states and countries arise

• And many more

Water conservation

Campaigning

• Awareness programs

• Training programs

• Workshops

• Books

• Media

• Events

• Rallies

• Exposure Visits

• Rain water harvesting

• Borewell / openwell recharging

• Lake construction

• Stream water harvesting

• Grey water harvesting

• Non-irrigational Agriculture

• Converting dry land into wet land through the combination of above

Projects

WLF Systems

• OnLine Filter

• Gallery Type Filtration Unit

• SMT Type Borewell Recharging Unit

• Small and Big Sump Type Borewell Recharging Unit

• Open Sump Type Borewell Recharging Unit

• H Type Borewell Recharging Unit

• Lake Type Borewell Recharging Unit

• Tree based Agriculture

• Soak Pits, Soak Trenches, Alternative trenches

• Compartment Bunds, Bush Bunds, Patta Bunds, Nala Bunds

• Conversion of dry land into wet land

Around 100+ innovative techniques to harvest rain

water whenever, whatever and wherever it falls

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