Percolation Ponds

Silicon Valley's integrated water system - EPW paper

California’s Santa Clara Valley widely known as the Silicon Valley, manages its water resources admirably, integrating surface water, groundwater, artificial recharge, waste-water treatment, imported water, water conservation and public participation. Read More

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Silicon Valley's integrated water system - TN Narasimhan - EPW paper (2010)	1.22 MB

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Content Type: Case Studies, Research
Category: Aquifers, Aquitards, Community Participation, Decentralised Water Management, Groundwater, Groundwater Recharge, Hydrology, Integrated Watershed Management, Percolation Ponds, Recharge Wells, Surface Water, Watershed Development
Associated People / Organizations: Santa Clara Valley Water District
Author: TN Narasimhan
Source: Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)
Location / Time: California, Santa Clara, United States of America (USA), 2010
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Special Tags: General

Performance evaluation of percolation ponds for artificial recharge - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

The study assesses the quantum of seepage to the aquifers through percolation ponds and establishes their zone of influence, and based on these, correlates the quantum of seepage to the total storage loss in the pond. The assessment of the benefits of the ponds, in terms of artificial recharge to the aquifers is done through an intensive study of two percolation ponds in Tamil Nadu.

A percolation pond is a small water harvesting structure, constructed across a natural stream or water course to harvest and impound the runoff from the catchments for a longer time, to facilitate vertical and lateral percolation of impounded water into the soil substrata, thereby recharging groundwater storage in the zone of influence of the pond.Read More

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Performance evaluation of percolation ponds for artificial recharge - A case study by NIH (1998-99)	979.08 KB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Agriculture, Aquifers, Artificial Recharge, Evaporation, Groundwater, Groundwater Table Contour, Hydrograph, Observation Well, Percolation, Percolation Ponds, Ponds, Recharge Period, Seepage, Siltation, Water Balance, Water Harvesting, Zone of Influence
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: India, Tamil Nadu, 1998, 1999
Difficulty Level: Expert

Implementation of SCS model in Dudhnai watershed - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

The study applies the methodology developed by United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), Soil Conservation Services (SCS) for the nine subwatersheds of the representative Dudhnai basin in Assam & Meghalaya and estimates the runoff volume on a daily basis for the period 1986-1991. The method is widely adopted for the estimation of runoff from rainfall depths and takes into account the important physical aspects of a basin on which runoff depends such as land-use, hydrological soil cover and antecedent moisture condition.Read More

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Implementation of SCS model in Dudhnai sub division by NIH (1998-99)	704.16 KB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Antecedent Moisture Condition, Basin, Check Dams, Erodibility Factor, Farm Ponds, Geomorphology, Hydrologic Soil Cover, Hydrological Analysis, Land Cover, Land Use, Percolation Ponds, Rainfall, Remote Sensing, Runoff, Runoff Estimation, Runoff Volume, Sediment Yield, Soil Conservation Services (SCS) Method, Soils, Water Conservation, Water Resources, Watershed Development, Watersheds
Author: National Institute of Hydrology
Source: National Institute of Hydrology
Location / Time: India, Jammu, 1998, 1999
Difficulty Level: Expert

Ensuring safe drinking water through innovative technologies to eradicate fluorosis - Sachetana Project - Information manual by BIRDK and Govt of Karnataka

Ensuring safe drinking water through innovative technologies to eradicate fluorosis - Sachetana Project - BIRDK and Govt of Karnataka This manual produced by BIRD-K and DRDPR (GoK) provides the details of the Sachetana project that aims to provide safe drinking water to fluorosis affected populations through the adoption of innovative technologies for rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge.

The project is being implemented through the Gram Panchayats of 60 villages from 4 taluks among three districts of Karnataka state over a period of five years (2006-11).

The objectives of the project include:Read More

Provision of safe drinking water through innovative rain harvesting structures
Recharge of groundwater through excavation of percolation ponds
Recharge of existing bore wells and direct recharge of aquifers
Awareness generation activities to promote sustainable management and management of water resources and water harvesting structures.

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Ensuring safe drinking water through innovative technologies to eradicate fluorosis - Sachetana Project - BAIF and GOK (2007) 3.26 MB

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Ensuring safe drinking water through innovative technologies to eradicate fluorosis - Sachetana Project - BAIF and GOK (2007)	3.26 MB

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Kolar, KA, India
Latitude: 13.136300, Longitude: 78.136391

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Content Type: Case Studies, Courses
Category: Aquifers, Borewells, Drinking Water, Fluorosis, Groundwater Recharge, Percolation Ponds, Ponds, Potable Water, Rainwater Harvesting, Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting, Rural Development, Safe Drinking Water, Water Conservation, Water Disinfection, Water Management, Water Quality, Water Resources
Associated People / Organizations: Arghyam, BAIF Institute of Rural Development - Karnataka (BIRD-K), Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Government of Karnataka
Author: Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Government of Karnataka, BAIF Institute of Rural Development - Karnataka (BIRD-K)
Source: Arghyam, BAIF Institute of Rural Development - Karnataka (BIRD-K)
Location / Time: Gadag, Karnataka, Kolar, Tumkur, 2007
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Special Tags: General

Water and sanitation in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh - A paper by WaterAid

This paper was done by WaterAid to assess and understand the context of Rural Water and Sanitation programme in the state of Madhya Pradesh. This is a follow up of a desk review and explores the issue of water and sanitation in various dimensions and finds out that the current state of water and sanitation in Madhya Pradesh falls short on equity, inclusion, ensuring water security and sustainability of water sources.Read More

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Water and sanitation in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh - A paper by WaterAid (2006)	532.12 KB

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Content Type: Research
Category: Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme (ARWSP), Adivasis, Climate, Conflicts, Construction, Contamination, Dalits, Drinking Water, Fluoride, Groundwater, Groundwater Exploitation, Groundwater Management, Groundwater Recharge, Iron, Lakes, Percolation Ponds, Piped Water Supply, Rainfall, River Basins, Rivers, Rural Sanitation, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Society, Solid Waste, Surface Water, Traditional Water Bodies, Tubewells, Urban Water, Water Demand, Water Markets, Water Quality, Water Supply, Watershed Development
Author: WaterAid
Source: WaterAid
Location / Time: Barwani, Betul, Bhind, Chattisgarh, Chhindwara, Damoh, Dhar, India, Jabalpur, Jhabua, Khandwa, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, Panna, Raisen, Rajgarh, Ratlam, Rewa, Seoni, Shahdol, Shajapur, Shivpuri, Sidhi, Uttar Pradesh, 2006
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Water in Punjab - The section on water from the Punjab State of the Environment Report

This section on water from the Punjab State of the Environment Report has been presented in the attachment. In addition to the actions being taken up by the state for conservation of water resources and preservation of its quality, the following additions are recommended in the report–

Water ConservationRead More

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Water in Punjab - The section on water from the Punjab State of the Environment Report (2007)	17.14 MB

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Pathankot, PB, India
Latitude: 32.263500, Longitude: 75.649429

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Aquifers, Beas, Canal Irrigation, Chemical Pesticides, Climate, Contamination, Dams, Disasters, Drainage, Drinking Water, Droughts, Ecosystems, Effluents, Environment, Floods, Fluoride, Freshwater, Ghagara, Groundwater, Industry, Irrigation, Percolation Ponds, Rainfall, Ravi, Reservoirs, River Basins, Rivers, Sewage, Solid Waste, Surface Water Irrigation, Tubewells, Wastewater, Water Bodies, Water Demand, Water Markets, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Water Resources, Water and Health, Water-borne Diseases, Wetlands
Author: S S Ladhar, Rajesh Paul, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Punjab Pollution Control Board, N S Tiwana, Neelima Jerath, H K Parwana, Gurharminder Singh, D K Dua
Source: Punjab Pollution Control Board
Location / Time: India, Punjab, 2005, 2007
Difficulty Level: Expert

Water resources in Tikamgarh and Jhansi districts – A status report by Development Alternatives

This status report on water resources in Tikamgarh and Jhansi districts by Development Alternatives is an effort to conduct a rapid assessment of the current status of water and waste water management and the potential for introducing integrated approaches with an aim to provide “water for all, always’.Read More

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Water resources in Tikamgarh and Jhansi districts – A status report by Development Alternatives (2007)	2.43 MB

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Jhansi, UP, India
Latitude: 25.442419, Longitude: 78.566147

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Content Type: Data
Category: Agriculture, Bacteria, Biodiversity, Borewells, Canals, Climate, Conflicts, Contamination, Disasters, Drinking Water, Droughts, Ecosystems, Farm Bunds, Fluoride, Groundwater, Interlinking of Rivers, International Development Agencies, Irrigation, Lakes, Land Use, Microbes, Monsoon, Nitrate/Nitrite, Open wells, Participatory Irrigation Management, Percolation Ponds, Rainfall, Recharge Wells, River Basins, Rural, Sanitation, Society, Solid Waste, Step-wells, Tanks, Traditional Water-bodies, Urban, Wastewater, Wastewater Management, Water Demand, Water Harvesting, Water Quality, Water Resources, Water Scarcity, Water Supply, Watershed Development, Wells, World Bank (WB)
Associated People / Organizations: Arghyam
Author: Development Alternatives (DA)
Source: Development Alternatives (DA)
Location / Time: India, Jhansi, Tikamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, 2007
Difficulty Level: Expert

Water - Safe sustainable and for all: A presentation by Thiagarajar College

This presentation in the design competition "Water - Safe sustainable and for all" by Arun Karthik N and Kannan G from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai is a brief on the water harveRead More

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Water - Safe sustainable and for all: A presentation by Thiagarajar College	3.52 MB

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Kozhikode, KL, India
Latitude: 11.255400, Longitude: 75.781212

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Content Type: Media
Media Type: Presentations
Category: Agriculture, Black Water, Climate, Drinking Water, Grey Water, Groundwater, Irrigation, Percolation Ponds, Rainfall, Rainwater Harvesting, Recharge Wells, Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting, Sewage, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Solid Waste, Tanks, Wastewater, Water Harvesting, Water Pollution, Water Quality, Water Scarcity, Water Table, Watershed Development, Wells
Location / Time: India, Kerala, Kozhikode
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Water conservation efforts of ITC Limited - PSPD Unit - Kovai (Tamil Nadu)

This presentation describes the water conservation efforts made by ITC Limited, PSPD unit, Kovai, Tamil Nadu. ITC's Kovai unit manufactures paperboard and specialty papers (PSPD). Investments of Rs 30 million in water conservation, Rs.500 million on energy conservation and Rs.150 million on waste utilization have helped this plant achieve many breakthroughs, among them zero effluent discharge and zero solid waste output. 100% of the fly ash from the boiler, sludge from the ETP & plastics from waste is recycled.Read More

The use of waste biomass as the main fuel for the boiler has reduced CO2 emissions by 96,000 tonnes per annum. Under the green belt development activities, vegetation has gone up from 20,000 trees in 2004-'05 to 80,500 in 2006-'07.

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Water conservation efforts of ITC Ltd - PSPD unit - Kovai - Tamil Nadu (2007)	178.03 MB

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Kovai, TN, India
Latitude: 11.018333, Longitude: 76.974722

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Content Type: Case Studies
Media Type: Presentations
Category: Agriculture, Aquifers, Borewells, Check Dams, Drinking Water, Effluents, Environment, Groundwater, Industry, Open wells, Percolation Ponds, Rainwater Harvesting, Soils, Solid Waste, Traditional Water-bodies, Waste Disposal, Wastewater, Wastewater Management, Wastewater Recycling, Water Balance, Water Harvesting, Water Management, Water Supply, Water and Health, Water for Industry, Water-borne Diseases, Watershed Development, Wells
Location / Time: India, Kovai, Tamil Nadu, 2007
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

Conservation, effluent treatment and recycling efforts of Hindalco Industries (Jharkhand)

This presentation describes the conservation, effluent treatment and recycling efforts of Hindalco Industries (Jharkhand). Alumina production is highly water intensive and has a major impact on the environment through toxic effluents and greenhouse gases. Thus any efforts to minimize water use and reduce other environmental discharges in this sector are to be encouraged strongly. Read More

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Conservation, effluent treatment and recycling efforts of Hindalco Industries -Jharkhand (2007)	52.6 MB

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Content Type: Case Studies
Media Type: Presentations
Category: Agriculture, Bunds, Canal Irrigation, Canals, Check Dams, Drinking Water, Effluents, Fisheries, Freshwater, Industry, Irrigation, Oceans and Seas, Open wells, Percolation Ponds, River Basins, Rivers, Sanitation, Solid Waste, Traditional Water-bodies, Wastewater, Wastewater Management, Wastewater Recycling, Water Supply, Water for Industry, Watershed Development, Wells
Location / Time: India, Jharkhand
Difficulty Level: Intermediate

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Percolation Ponds

Silicon Valley's integrated water system - EPW paper

Performance evaluation of percolation ponds for artificial recharge - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

Implementation of SCS model in Dudhnai watershed - A research report by National Institute of Hydrology

Ensuring safe drinking water through innovative technologies to eradicate fluorosis - Sachetana Project - Information manual by BIRDK and Govt of Karnataka

Location

Water and sanitation in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh - A paper by WaterAid

Water in Punjab - The section on water from the Punjab State of the Environment Report

Location

Water resources in Tikamgarh and Jhansi districts – A status report by Development Alternatives

Location

Water - Safe sustainable and for all: A presentation by Thiagarajar College

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Water conservation efforts of ITC Limited - PSPD Unit - Kovai (Tamil Nadu)

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Conservation, effluent treatment and recycling efforts of Hindalco Industries (Jharkhand)

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