Sustainable Fresh Water Supply for Chennai city‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India A Status Update Joseph Thomas‚ Chief Technology Officer‚ Villgro‚ Chennai‚ India 3H‚ IIT Madras Research Park‚ Kanagam Road‚ Taramani‚ Chennai‚ Tamil Nadu India 600113. Telephone +91 44 6663 0400‚ email:joseph@villgro.org‚ mobile +91 98840 49116 Key Words: Rain water harvesting‚ Sustainable water supply‚ Urban fresh water. Abstract Chennai city‚ one of the major metropolises of India‚ is situated at the northern coastal edge
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Low Cost Housing Design Introduction The client has requested a design of a low-cost housing estate in the coastal region of Tamil Nadu. They are particularly interested in seeing how costs can be minimized and how health and safety can be improved through the housing Design Approach The approach taken is by considering 3 aspects of a design – functional‚ economic and eco-friendly. Obviously in the case the functional aspect is to improve the public health and safety. Climate in Tamil
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collection of rainwater. The 16-storey tall Supertrees actually have funnel-shaped rainwater collection tanks on each one of them‚ collecting and storing rainwater for a number of important purposes‚ such as irrigation for the plants in the Gardens‚ using the water for the pretty fountain displays on show‚ and also operating as temperature moderators‚ using the water to help cool the Supertrees area and the conservatories. This is also a real-life example of how trees actually ‘collect’ rainwater and aid
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WATER CONSERVATION INTRODUCTION: Water is essential for life on earth. Water is needed for growing food‚ keeping ourselves clean‚ generating power‚ controlling fire and most importantly to stay alive! This list is simply non-ending. This shows that water is an integral part of our daily life and we are heavily dependent on it. Water conservation – Refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of waste water for different purposes such as cleaning‚ manufacturing‚ and agricultural irrigation
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Name Gayathri Year: 2012-13 Research project Water Conservation INDEX Sr.no | Description | Page no. | 1 | Introduction | | 2 | objective | | 3 | Examining school | | 4 | Data collection | | 5 | Adopting change | | 6 | Photo gallery | | 7 | Art posters to save water | | | | | | | | INTRODUCTION Increasingly industry‚ business and government organizations are adopting sustainable practices in their work place. Schools too have been taking action
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WATERY WORLD Water Usage in HICs Agriculture (39%) – use water to irrigate crops‚ using automated machines that use lots of water. Industry (47%) – Water is used in production and for cooling. Some use 1million litres a day Domestic (14%) – piped water supplies used for baths (150L) and washing machines (100L) other Water Usage in LICs Agriculture (91%) – Less efficient and require man power. Water is wasted in evaporation. Industry (5%) – There is less industry‚ more small cottage shops
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Subdivision and types of Residential Buildings What is a Subdivision Subdivision is the act of dividing land into pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop‚ usually via a plat. The former single piece as a whole is then known in the United States as a subdivision. If it is used for housing it is typically known as a housing subdivision or housing development‚ although some developers tend to call these areas communities. What is required to open a new Subdivision Subdivision process
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from exposure to excess copper in drinking water or other environmental sources. Contents * 1 Toxicity * 2 Symptoms and presentation * 3 EPA cancer data * 4 Treatment * 5 Cookware * 6 Non-sparking tools * 7 Drinking water * 8 Water tank connection * 9 Pathophysiology * 9.1 Indian childhood cirrhosis * 9.2 Wilson ’s disease * 9.3 Alzheimer’s disease * 10 Marine life * 11 Bacteria * 12 References | Toxicity Copper in the blood exist in two forms: bound to ceruloplasmin
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Western Sahel zone supports more than a million people who make their living as fishermen‚ cattle breeders or farmers‚ using the annual rise and fall of the waters in the river and its floodplains. Ponds and tanks: These can be defined as community-built or household water stores‚ filled by rainwater‚ groundwater infiltration or surface runoff. They
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’ Water! Water! Water! ’: These are the words of a person dying from thirst‚ which me or you might be hearing or even crying it out aloud in the near future‚ because human being’s most serious problem and dilemma in the 21st century might not be war or hunger or disease or the collapse of civic order‚ it may be the lack of Fresh Water‚ according to a United Nation’s (UNESCO) report. At present 1.1 billion people lack access to clean water‚ while 2.4 billion lack access to proper sanitation‚ nearly
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