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Rainwater Harvesting

Collecting rainwater can help save and store water for your household's needs! There are simple and easy ways to collect water when it rains. Scroll below to a few options on how you can harvest your own rainwater! 

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Capturing rainwater has been a practice used throughout ancient Indian history; it's been used to water plants and as an extra water supply. 

Saris and Buckets

Saris can be used to collect and filter rainwater! This is a no-cost system and very easy to build. Learn more below by downloading the infographic! 

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Rooftop Water Flowing into Drums 

You can also create a rainwater harvesting system using a drum and make your own filter at home! This is a low-cost rainwater capturing system, costing about 1500 Rs or $18-19. It uses rainwater from the rooftops. Click the video below to watch a step-by-step tutorial on how to install this system and the materials needed!

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Sampath S: A Villager in Bengaluru's Water Harvesting System 

Sampath S is a villager in Bengaluru, India, whose rainwater harvesting system provides 100% of the water he uses. In his blog linked below, he describes how to create how he built and perfected his home's rainwater collection system. 

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This rainwater collection system uses the PVC pipe that collects rooftop rainwater and Sampath created a 3 stage filtration system to filter this water very effectively. 

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Click here for Sampath's

step-by-step process! 

Webpage written by: Tehreem Qureshi

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