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Don’t let rainwater go down the drain [1]

Harvesting It Is The Only Way To Keep Capital’s Depleting Groundwater Levels In Check

New Delhi: With groundwater levels dipping across Delhi, and really fast in some areas, rainwater harvesting is the one tool the government has to ensure that the city has recourse to some internal source of water. So far, Delhi has been almost entirely dependent on other states for its water supply and there is no likelihood of an increase in this supply in the next few years.

Publication Date: 
03/02/2014
Neha Lalchandani [2]
Times Of India (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Delhi [4], Groundwater [5], Water Harvesting [6], Water Supply [7], Tubewells [8], Groundwater Recharge [9], Delhi Jal Board (DJB) [10], Water Resources [11]
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