Government of Goa has adopted a policy on roof-top rainwater harvesting and this notification gives details for the guidance of all concerned departments for implementation of the policy.The policy does not include within its purview rain water harvesting for ground water recharge. It shall be implemented by the Water Resources Department and shall apply to the whole state.

Government has adopted a policy on roof-top rainwater harvesting. This notification gives details for the guidance of all the concerned departments for the implementation of the policy and for the information of the public. The policy will become effective from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. For the purpose of the policy, rain-water harvesting shall be defined as the water management technique and practice of collecting rainwater falling on the roof of house/building or groups of houses/buildings located on a single plot of land and storing the collected water in underground or overground storage container/tanks/cisterns for continuous use/consumption by the users/occupants of the houses/buildings from whose roofs the water has been so collected. The policy does not include within its purview rain water harvesting for ground water recharge. It shall be implemented by the Water Resources Department and shall apply to the whole state.