{"id":9619,"date":"2020-08-26T13:19:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T07:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=9619"},"modified":"2025-03-03T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T07:57:34","slug":"water-conservation-need-and-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/water-conservation-need-and-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Water conservation: Need and Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Water_conservation_Need_and_Solution\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Water conservation: Need and Solution<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Relevant_for_GS_paper_III_Conservation_environmental_pollution_and_degradation\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>(Relevant for G.S paper III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation)<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/water-conservation-need-and-solution\/#Water_conservation_Need_and_Solution\" title=\"Water conservation: Need and Solution\">Water conservation: Need and Solution<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/water-conservation-need-and-solution\/#Relevant_for_GS_paper_III_Conservation_environmental_pollution_and_degradation\" title=\"(Relevant for G.S paper III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation)\">(Relevant for G.S paper III: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/water-conservation-need-and-solution\/#CONTEXT\" title=\"CONTEXT\">CONTEXT<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/water-conservation-need-and-solution\/#ANALYSIS_Project_Case_study\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Project Case study\">ANALYSIS: Project Case study<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-36.png\" alt=\"Water Conservation by Vikash Ranjan sir at Triumph IAS, UPSC Sociology Optional\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-36.png 1080w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-36-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-36-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-36-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Untitled-design-36-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CONTEXT\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>CONTEXT<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">How an architect implemented rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse projects in urban and peri-urban areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ANALYSIS_Project_Case_study\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>ANALYSIS: Project Case study<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Water-sensitive aspects have conventionally received little to no attention during site \/ building designs and operations. This, combined with wasteful water use patterns, has resulted in inefficient use of one of the most crucial resources on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Rainwater and wastewater available at a construction site are often seen as a liability, rather than a resource.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The School of Water and Waste (SW&amp;W), an initiative of capacity-building under Delhi-based think tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), encourages Water Sensitive Urban Design and Planning (WSUPD) approach to address the issue for urban water cycle, water supply, wastewater, stormwater and groundwater management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">One of the alumni of the programme, Madhura Joshi, took a leaf from the trainings and implemented it on her water conservation projects. Joshi is an architect and co-founder of Lab A+U design studio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">After attending few courses at CSE, she went ahead with WSUDP approach to implement rainwater harvesting (RWH), stormwater harvesting and greywater reuse projects in urban and peri-urban areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Within two years, she could apply these principles in three projects, the first being the residential complex in Vadodara, where 40 families reside in around 3,450 square metres area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The project addressed the waterlogging issue by proposing RWH, borewell recharge pit, bio swale, revival of existing systems and rainwater recycle with complex community support. The interventions resulted in water storage increase by 40 per cent per day, which is 42,500 litres, as well as a 60 per cent increase in water recharge on surface. The annual rainfall capture on site was 4, 50,000 litres \/ year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The second project comprised implementing RWH and sanitation design for a rural school in Aurangabad, Maharashtra in 2019. The 1,200 square metres area had 100-150 users. The project helped incorporate design interventions on a water-sensitive building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">It helped harvest 90 per cent rainfall per day; drain 100 per cent water on site; and recycle 50 percent grey water which was later used for landscaping or in plant pits. The annual rainfall capture on the site was 1,278,900 litres per year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The third project also showcased rainwater interventions for a drought-affected village of 250 families in about 159,189 square metres in Maharashtra. It aimed to store 50-60 percent of rainwater; reuse 40 per cent of the rainwater and recycle it; reuse 30 per cent of the grey water with rainwater recharge system per house; use borewell recharge pits to increase ground water recharge capacity. It also aims to set up a stormwater drainage in the next three years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The annual rainfall capture on the site is 29,102,680 litres per year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>With all water-saving benefits, the most inspiring part of these projects was how the community was educated, their trust gained, and constant support provided to them.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"amp-wp-ead8d03\" style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\" data-amp-original-style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"amp-wp-ead8d03 amp-wp-ead8d03 amp-wp-ead8d03 amp-wp-ead8d03 amp-wp-ead8d03\" data-amp-original-style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span class=\"amp-wp-303d451\" data-amp-original-style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">To Read more topics like Water conservation: Need and Solution<\/span><\/span><span class=\"amp-wp-4359d9c\" data-amp-original-style=\"background-color: #ffffff; 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