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Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharge of Groundwater

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Close to three fourths of our planet is made of water, but not all of it is suitable for use. The water in the oceans and seas cannot be used as drinking water and little of it can be utilized for other purposes. As a result, there is a constant shortage of water that is suitable for drinking, domestic or industrial uses. Areas on the planet that have long faced water shortage were able to combat this problem by harvesting what little rain water they received. This slowly started spreading to areas where there was plenty of rainfall. As a result, the modern day rainwater harvesting system was brought into place.

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  1. Central Ground Water Board, Kolkata, India

    Ajoy Kumar Misra

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  1. Department of Environment Management, Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management, Kolkata, India

    Pradip K. Sikdar

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Misra, A.K. (2019). Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial Recharge of Groundwater. In: Sikdar, P. (eds) Groundwater Development and Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75115-3_18

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