Rain Water Harvesting

Hello friends. There is a lot scarcity of water in today's times. Many areas in Mumbai are facing water cut down, with availability of water for various purposes for only a few hours in a day. It is important for us to save water so that our future generations can also get water.

Once my father told me about rain water harvesting. He explained to me in detail about the entire procedure. Today I am going to tell you something about it. 

There are several methods by which rain water can be harvested. They are as follows:

1. Surface runoff harvesting: In urban area rainwater flows away as surface runoff. This runoff could caught and used for recharging aquifers by adopting appropriate methods.

2. Rooftop rainwater harvesting:  It is a system of catching rainwater where it falls. In the rooftop harvesting the roof becomes the catchments, and the rainwater is collected from the roof of the house/ building. It can either be stored in a tank or diverted to artificial recharge system. this method is expensive and if implemented properly helps in augmenting the groundwater level of the area.

Some more explanation on Rooftop rainwater harvesting as explained by my father and also on what I remember is - on a building's roof there is a hollow in which the rainwater falls. That water is led through a drainage pipe which is connected through a water tank. There are many pipes connected to the tank that lead to different sources such as taps, showers etc. We use that rain water that is clean for us. We use it for bathing, cleaning our houses, cleaning the vessels etc. This is the best way of using water. I have seen my neighbor using this method.

So friends, hope you have understood rain water harvesting which I had tried to explain in short.

About Myself

My name is Yuvaditya Singh

I am 8 years old. 

I study in class 3 A. My school's name SSRVM. My teachers name is Urvi Patel. I have a good friend in school whose name is Mahir Vitthal Doshi. He sits on the same bench as mine because he is my partner.

I love my grandmother I, grandmother II, grandfather I, grandfather II, aunt, uncle, mother (the most), brother (the most) & father. 

Grandmother I - NANI - Harsha - I love her because she gives me sweets. She always prepare delicious food for me. Because I like rice & daal, she specially prepares these food items for me. My nani says that rice & daal are good for health.

Grandmother II - DADI - Pushpa - I love her because she makes laddoo's for me. She makes delicious pickles and brings spices for me.

Grandfather I - NANA - Indrakumar - I love him because he loves me a lot. He takes me various places like Sivassa. He takes me to the garden. He calls me by various pet names. Sometimes he prepares & gives me fish & eggs.

Grandfather II - DADA - Narendra - He was my father's father.

Aunty - Manali - She is my mothers elder sister. She is a doctor. She takes me out. She gives me toys and gifts.

Uncle - Shailendra - He gives me rides in his car. Many a times he comes to my house to take my cousin brother who has visited me.

Cousin brother - Yashowardhan - He plays with me. He is in the same school as mine. He helps me in studies. Sometimes when I do not bring tiffin, my brother gives me tiffin in the lunch break. He brings for me various gifts when he goes out. But sometimes we both fight and become friends again.

Father - Rajeev - I fondly call him APPU. He watches news with me. He loves me a lot. He plays with me. My father also calls me by various pet names.

Mother - Urwashi - She loves me a lot. She makes falooda for me. She prepares my tiffin box. She leaves me to school. Sometimes she takes me to her hospital.

With this I end my small introduction. Thank you for reading.