This document summarizes water conservation efforts in India. It discusses the goals of water conservation like sustainability, energy conservation, and habitat conservation. It then discusses the water conservation movement in India led by the non-governmental organization Tarun Bharat Sangh, which has worked to provide clean water to over 1,000 villages in Rajasthan by constructing water harvesting structures. The document concludes by mentioning various techniques for individual water conservation.

1. WATER CONSERVATION
Water conservation refers to reducing usage of water
and recycling of waste water for different purposes
such as cleaning ,manufacturing and agricultural
irrigation.
Water conservation includes the policies, strategies
and activities to manage fresh water as a sustainable
resource to protect the water environment and to
meet current and future human demand.

2. GOALS
• THERE ARE THREE GOALS OF WATER
CONSERVATION:
• Sustainability.
• Energy conservation
• Habitat conservation

3. WATER CONSERVATION MOVEMENT IN
INDIA
• Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) is a non-
governmental organization in Rajasthan. It is
directed by Rajendra Singh. The organization
works to provide clean water to people.
• Tarun Bharat Sangh was founded in 1975
in Jaipur by a group of students and professors
from the University of Rajasthan.
Water man of India

4. • The NGO based in village Kishori-Bhikampura in Thanagazi
tehsil, has helped villagers take charge of water management
through the use of JOHAD, rainwater storage tanks, check
dams and other time-tested as well as path-breaking
techniques.
• Starting from a single village in 1985, over the years TBS
helped build over 8,600 johads and other water conservation
structures to collect rainwater for the dry seasons, has
brought water back to over 1,000 villages and revived five
rivers in Rajasthan,arvari, Ruparel, Sarsa, Bhagani and
Jahajwali.

5. • Against privatization of water resources and
interlinking of rivers.
• Rejuvenated several rivers around Alwar
• TBS also started the ‘JAL BIRADARI’ program in
april 2001 for creation of awareness among
the people regarding national water policy.

6. JAL SATYAGRAH
New technique of non-violent protest ,people
went to water for protesting.
In M.P villagers went into waist deep water in
Narmada river and they were feared that
rising water level of dam might submerge
their land.
In Chennai also the protesters waded into sea
near nuclear power plant at kundankulam to
demand that project to be shut down.

7. Conclusion
• Low flow showers
• Low flush toilets
• Rain water flushing
• Reuse of water
• Rain water harvesting
• Swimming pool covers
• Water less urinals
• Waterless car washes

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