Fwd: What does it take to save thousands of litres of rainwater? A meagre Rs 400

[harsha sree]

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From: B V N Anilkumar <anilku...@googlemail.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Subject: What does it take to save thousands of litres of rainwater? A meagre Rs 400
To: birdsofsamefeathers-bangalore <birdsofsamefea...@googlegroups.com>, birdsofsamefeathers <birdsofsa...@googlegroups.com>



After two to three trials, he was successful in making a model that
saved him over 10,000 litres of rainwater this monsoon.

Rajamurthi and his family were using a borewell and Cauvery water for
their needs before he was struck with the idea of creating a rainwater
system for himself. "I was shocked that ministers were going abroad to
learn this. It is not a complicated one. All I spent on the pipes and
filters was Rs 400 and that has saved me so much of water," he said.

"I used two kinds of filters -- a 150 micron screen tea filter and a
bucket tea filter. The water slopes from the terrace into a pipe and
comes down to the filter. The solid residue settles at the bottom of
the filter and water gushes up into the bucket where it filters again.
The filtered water then comes down through a pipe and is collected in
the underground sump," explained Rajamurthi.

For drinking purposes, 25 members residing in the three-storeyed house
are still using Cauvery water, but Rajamurthi says rainwater has been
purified enough to be used for drinking as well. The terrace area is
30 by 40 feet, which fulfils the description specified by BWSSB
(Bangalore Water Supply Board) to come under mandatory rainwater
system

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/bangalore/Save-water-for-just-Rs-400/articleshow/4920711.cms

Anilkumar BVN

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harsha......