Rain water harvesting is a technique of recharge of ground water by capturing and storing rain water. This is done by constructing special water-harvesting structures like dug wells‚ percolation‚ lagoon‚ check dams etc. Rain water harvesting is not only proving useful for poor and scantly rainfall regions but also for the rich ones. The annual average rainfall in India is 1‚200 mm. It is astonishing fact that Cherrapunji (Assam)‚ the place receiving the second highest rainfall is 11‚000 mm still
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Kayla Tucker Cycles Project In this paper i will be describing the different cycles that we have learned about. There are five cycles that are constantly happening around us. There is the water cycle‚ phosphorus cycle‚ nitrogen cycle‚ carbon cycle and the sulfur cycle. The water cycle is the first one i will be talking about. It is a continuous cycle and the water goes from liquid state to a gas state over and over again. It begins in a process called evaporation which is “the process of
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If you didn’t know California is in a major drought. It isn’t like half of California it’s 100% of California. It is so bad that farmers have stopped receiving water to water their plants. Even most of the reservoirs in California are only half full. This is the third year with a California drought. A lot of the food we make like tomatoes‚ almonds‚ and broccoli are being affected too. California produces 90% of all the United states tomatoes‚ 95% of the Nation’s broccoli‚ and 99% of the Nation’s
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The American River is the second biggest tributary to the Sacramento Stream‚ a basic part of the San Francisco Inlet/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta framework. The Lower segment of the American River Watershed starts at Folsom Dam and flows around 30 miles to its intersection with the Sacramento River close downtown Sacramento. The watershed size is around 4856 square kilometers with a watershed length of 48.3 kilometers. The normal yearly precipitation is around 76cm.The Folsom Dam‚ which is inside
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The Grand Canyon has been a natural marvel for thousands of years. Many have wondered how this natural phenomenon occurred and when it started to become the wonder it is today. There are several theories on how this incredible rock structure was formed‚ the soundest theory relies on the environment that surrounds these rocks. The most powerful force on the Grand Canyon is erosion‚ primarily by water‚ according to The Seven Natural Wonders‚ a data base for the natural wonders of the world. The Colorado
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CASE STUDIES OF WATER RESOURCE PLANNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: LESSONS LEARNED Mr AW Hall and Dr N Walmsley 1. Background At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992‚ a strategy for improving natural resource development and management was developed. Known as Agenda 21‚ Chapter 18 presented a pioneering plan of action needed for moving toward development that is economically‚ socially and environmentally sustainable. It highlighted
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Bicycle Sprayer 1. Coverage 4 acre in 3hours 2. Span of use - approximately 3.5 feet from user (either side) 3. Capacity of tank: 20 Litre Key Features of innovation Bullet Santi: 1. Easy to assemble and disassemble‚ therefore the motorcycle can be used for transportation after completing farm operations. 2. It can also be used for goods transporting operations by attaching a small trailer. 3. The low cost attachments that can be used in farming has enabled the farmers to easily avail the benefits
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Many people wonder how ancient Egyptian civil action came to be. They think about how it was created‚ or what happens to create it. There were many factors that went into the creation of ancient Egyptian civilizations‚ but the Nile River had the largest impact. One of the largest impacts the Nile had on ancient Egyptian civilization was the flood season. The annual flood season impacted the crops that were planted‚ and the jobs of the people. There were three parts to the flood cycle: Akhet
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779 words essay on floods in India and its control Subrat Mangaraj Countries irrigated by an adequate river system are in many ways blessed. These rivers not only help agriculture‚ but they provide a cheap and efficient transport system for the development of internal trade. The saying goes—land divides‚ seas unite. But waterways bring also a good deal of misery to the people by causing devastating seasonal floods In India‚ for example‚ the sub-Himalayan regions of Uttar Pradesh‚ Bihar‚ Bengal
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Water is necessary for life to survive. About 3/4s of the Earth’s surface is populated with water. Despite how much water there is on Earth we cannot use all of it. Ocean water is contaminated with many items that aren’t edible to humans. There are water filters that will remove most of these contaminants but‚ they are usually pricey. In the West Coast of America‚ we live next to the Pacific Ocean which contains most of the water on Earth. Why are we in a drought despite promising facts? The
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