The article on water harvesting and artificial recharge in naturally water-scarce regions (30 August 2008) makes a number of assertions about small water harvesting systems that are based on faulty assumptions and inadequate information.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/myths-about-small-water-harvesting-systems
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-v-rao
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/p-k-mishra-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/g-r-korwar-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/economic-and-political-weekly
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dryland-farming
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/groundwater-recharge
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-harvesting
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/watershed-development
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/myths
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rainfall-pattern
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river-basin