What are the different and innovative ways of water management?

According to me the raw sewage must be treated before it is discharged into the river stream and I think this is the most cost-effective way of water management. The extent of treatment required to be given depends not only upon the characteristics and quality of the sewage but also upon the source of disposal, its quality and capacity to tolerate the impurities present in the sewage effluents without itself getting potentially polluted. Everyone of us should think of utilizing the waste water to reduce water scarcity.

Rainwater harvesting is one of the most easily implementable propositions.

I came to know that in Bombay buses are cleaned with rain water in rainy season.

In my childhood I still remember that my mother used to store rainwater for floor cleaning and usage in bathroom.

In some of the foreign countries rain water is harvested with special tanks.

Let us take this opportunity and pledge that  we harvest atleast one bucket of water  on a rainy day. and let us save precious water and power we use for pumping water.

The quantity of water on earth is constant. I mean to say that the water simply changes position and the state of its existance.

We have water in sea  as sea water, on mountains and poles as ice, in atmosphere as vapours and at certain level in the sky as clouds. But some water is in vegetables, trees and the balance for human consumption in various state for their use .Thus  the  place of presence and storage is an important point

We have water in our bodies the quantity of which  increases directly in proportion to number of people. Similarly botteled water, cold drinks and medicine too including alcohal ,contain plenty oy water.

The problem of lowering of water table indicate that the water consumed and stored above surface have increased many folds. In Delhi at times the water was availble at 40 t0 60 feet deep and today that has gone more than 240 feets.This is because of concentration of population on a given area. I rememeber the days when In Delh there were 35 lakhs persons AND NOT  SO MANY CAMPA COLAS, LIMCA AND ALSO OTHER DRINKS LIKE BEAR AND DIPLOMAT OR MACDOWEL AND SODAS.

Under given circumstances the underground water quantity can be increased. But for the dams, the consumption pattern that include various storage options  for human direct consumption as drinks, CAN NOT BE. The quantity of vegetables too contains enough water and besides the requirment of water for bathing washing utensils and use in toilet have also increased many folds.

Under such conditions, rain water harvesting may be a good option in cities. However ridiculous this may appear but the use of Tissue paper for toilt use is an another important option.

This means that the increase in population and the direct requirment of water as retained in bodies, vegetables, bottled and stored in tanks or dams are the real causes of deplition of ground water.

The problem can be solved  by making the sea water potable as the rains can not be influenced and the rain water increased at will. We can not reduce the population of human being , animals or the quantity of vegetation as that is bound to increase as  their demand increases with every increase in population.Thus we see that the problem is EVER inccreasing consumption of water and  this problem can only be solved by removing salt from sea water and making at potable for human consumption as we can not get used to drinking salty water.

In rural areas of kerala there is a system used for many years is to collect rain water by using a cloth tied across by 4 poles at 4 ends. Very less amount of water is collected at each rain .But it is an easily practicable method for each house with out any cost.

Friends stormwater management is the recent technique followed to manage the waste water. It is nothing but managing the stormwater quality and quantity. By using this method you can control the flood and erosion and control hazardous materials to prevent release of pollutants into the environment. The main advantage of constructing stormwater systems is it removes contaminants before they pollute surface waters or groundwater resources. Because ground water is the only major source for drinking water it should be protected from getting polluted.  

The water used in washing your hands in the sink or bathing in the tub is drained to a tank that feeds into the toilet which uses the same water to flush. It seems like a a minute savings, but considering that gallons are saved per flush + the millions of people

entire world other than sone asian contries going for dry walling for there constructions and saving water in a very big way. if you really see this subject deeply you can realise that right from manufacturing of red brick to the curing of the walls after or before plastering we are wasting precious water. dry walls right from manufacturing to end product require very less water. also not required plastring

we are following the world for all tecnical assitance i feel we should follow them in construction methods and save water continously by using these systems 

sudhir

The best solution is INTEGRATION OF RIVERS( NATIONAL)

I think for better water managment,  leakages should be avoided as far as possible throughout the water distribution system .iIt has been seen that there is heavy negligence seen in the maintanance of water distribution system & it should be rectify seriously by adoption of advanced systems which can save enormous quantity of water.

Well there is lot of water which got wasted due to pipeline leakages and that is unnoticeable. Well looking at the figure in UK "Public water supply amounted to 7.2 billion cubic metres of which 1.8 million was lost through leakage." according to National Statistic UK.
There is no problem to get more water from saltination plants and that will be solar based or wind power based, but need to manage the distibution system for better water management.

Rain Water Harvesting Structures are for stopping runoff. In most of the cities it is implementing as 'Rain Water Harvesting Pits'. And in rural areas it can be done by construction of 'Percolation Tanks', 'Checkdams', 'Mini Irrigation Tanks' etc.,. These structures are useful for water storage purpose aswell as improving groundwater.

In cities the rain water go waste joining along with sewage line. This is very bad idea but its no way. So, the govt. must be take intiate to built more 'Sewage/Waste Water Treatment Plant'. The treated water may be used for agriculture / industrial purposes.

Every thing is OK,let  us start from to develop fabric  which will minimum of water for washing the dirty clothes.The water consumption alone on washing is between 30-40% of our daily requirement.The textiles Industries may set up R&D to develop such a fabric.

Like what Holland did at the river mouth of Rhine river, it is possible to convert Gulf of Cambay in the river mouth of Narmda as a sweet water lake by constructing dyke across the gulf between maindland at Surat and Bhavnagar side.

Similar projects could be planned in various other river mouths in West Bengal and other places to store the excess river flow and using it for agriculture in the hinderlands with lift irrigation method.

Similarly rainwater harvesting lakes could be formed in many parts of the country using manpower under NAREGA  scheme along with mechanised construction work.  

I think for countries having drinking water problem, they should connect all rivers and lakes by canals and use dams etc. for controlling water flow requirements. Excess water to be either given for cultivation of desert areas or for drinking water etc. where it is not available. it will solve most of the problems like floods, shortages etc. if managed effectively using new research and development in technology,etc.

It is high time to think for artificial under ground reservoirs, recharging aquifers, use of remote sensing data extensively for water conservation. Besides, economic use of water in all aspect is essential. The open canal systems should be replaced with pipe transportation, use of drip, sprinkler and peach irrigation systems should be encouraged, proper maintenance of water supply systems in urban areas to check water loses, rainwater harvesting etc. may be considered. Interestingly we can generate hydropower just by adopting new technologies and innovative water management concepts.