Natural cure for water crisis: Rainwater Harvesting
Water is the basic requirement for inhabitants. Today, there are rapid climate changes which result in increasing global temperature, and create shortage of water in several regions. The continuing dropping of water levels is a grave concern for environmentalists as it leads to scarcity of usable water and creates imbalance in salinity of the area. Rainwater harvesting is a viable procedure to deal with this water crisis. Rain water is the root source of water both on surface and underground level. Rainwater harvesting is denoted as the collecting of rainwater, mostly on a roof, from where it flows through channels into a collection tank. It is basically a natural technique for a storage system. This could be either above or below the ground that collects, stores and distributes run-off of rain from roofs. Rain water harvesting is done in the area where there is a crisis of water or water resources are scarce. It reduces the consumption of treated municipal water for uses such as l...