1. WATER- Water: The Drop of Life DEFINITION OF THE PROJECT: WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN DELHI – … BY THE AUGMENTATION OF GROUND WATER BY RAIN HARVESTING UNIT. - GIVING A NEW LIFE TO RIVER YAMUNA, THUS TO DELHI… safe, sustainable and for all…
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3. CASE STUDIES… View of udaigiri caves showing a tank WATER SYSTEMS AT UDAIGIRI: Udayagiri consists of two hills joined together with a low ridge or a saddle. The hills are aligned northeast-southwest, forming a crescent-shaped pocket in the west with ancient The western end of the passage leads to a high embankment of a tank, two sides of which are formed by two sides of the northern hill divided by a valley. There are three other tanks and two major channels apart from minor drains forming four independent water systems at Udayagiri
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8. YAMUNA & DELHI- … the relationship The river bed area in Delhi is 97 sq km. The whole of it is coarse sand up to a depth of 40m. This feature is the key to the riverbed recharge capability!! NAME OF STATE TOTAL CATCHMENT AREA IN YAMUNA (IN SQ. KM.) %AGE CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUPPLY Delhi 1485 0.4 STATE SEGMENT CATERED BY YAMUNA AREA COVERED Delhi Wazirabad Barrage to Okhla Barrage (22 kms)
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11. HYDRO-GEOLOGY OF DELHI GEOLOGY OF DELHI BEDROCK LEVELS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF DELHI GEOLOGY OF SITE: ALLUVIAL BED ROCK LEVEL OF SITE : 35m SITE ANALYSIS NOTE : INDICATES THE SITE
12. GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF VARIOUS BLOCKS OF DELHI. THE QUALITY IN THE AREA OF THE SITE IS CONSIDERED ALL RIGHT. SITE ANALYSIS MONTHLY AVERAGES ACROSS CHOSEN YEARS FOR PRECIPITATION [PERIOD:FROM 2001 TO 2002],[UNITS:INTEGER,MM ] Month Average across years Jan 12.4 Feb 11.95 Mar 2.85 Apr 13.8 May 30.7 Jun 60.35 Jul 75.05 Aug 176.5 Sep 93.5 Oct 1.95 Nov 0.0 Dec 4.85 AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL OF DELHI: 611mm PRESENT RUNOFF OF RAINFALL IN DELHI : 50%
18. RAIN WATER FILTER CISTERN 25 m Dia: 6m MAIN INLET Dia : 1m WATER GRAVEL (5m thick layer) FINE SAND ( 8 m thick layer) WATER PERCOLATING OUTLET PORES MATERIAL : GI THE DESIGN… MICROBIOTIC CULTURE is added to naturally clean the water and the tank , thereby reducing the cost of maintenance GROUND LVL 5 m
![CASE STUDIES… TRADITIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Pushkarni at Loni Bhapkar Kunda with a well, Roti Aside from archaeological examples, water harvesting structures continue to be maintained by endogenous communities all over the country. Groundwater continues to be drawn from aquifers or palaeo channels in Rajasthan through bardi (shallow wells in depressions), tankas, khadin and johad (underground storage pits), kunds (cisterns in catchments), beris (wells on river beds). CONTINUING TRADITIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)