About Water Literacy Foundation

Water Literacy Foundation (WLF) is a Citizen Sector Organization founded by Sri Ayyappa Masagi, Mechanical Engineer, in the year 2005 with a vision to bring water conservation techniques to everyone. WLF is committed to spreading water management technologies and their benefits to all people.

About stream water harvesting

After rains, the surface runoff water passes through several streams before joining the main rivers. During and after heavy showers and/or continuous rains, most of the rain water runs off, leaving behind very less rainwater percolation into the sub soil water table and instead overflows and floods the adjoining fields by sweeping standing crops and transplanting a substantial amount of spoiled soil that erodes fertile soil. Due to poor maintenance several surface mud bunds are silted up and rendered inoperative.

To overcome these difficulties WLF developed a simple and productive method called stream water harvesting. This system progressively increases sub-soil water table and groundwater table using each year‚Äüs rain water flowing in the stream.

It is a simple but result oriented innovative way of harvesting rainwater flowing in the stream by constructing series of underground lakes, underground check dams, percolation pits and recharge shafts to recharge the sub-soil, deeper soil and underground water. Unlike surface check dams, stream water harvesting is done underground to harvest the hidden stream which flows below the stream. Hidden stream flow is obstructed by an underground plastic dam or underground bund which effects the recharging of natural springs resulting in water in nearby open wells and bore wells.

The Water Literacy Foundation counts on your support and is hoping for your generosity to turn India into a water-efficient nation and enable every person to enjoy his human right of potable water! In addition to making a donation, you can do more by sharing this email to your family, friends and colleges.

We would be honoured if you join our fight against water scarcity and discrimination. Even with a small donation, you can help the people of Janthli, Shirur and Ramenahalli to gain access to proper water and us to spread the message of water literacy and the possibility how India can become a water-efficient nation, in which everybody will be able to enjoy their basic human right to water.

Contact details

Water Literacy Foundation
#347, Parvathi Nilaya, Kallappa Layout, Amruthahalli, Byatarayanapura, Sahakarnagar Post,
Bangalore ‚Äď 560092
Phone: 080 2333 9497
http://waterliteracyfoundation.perso.rezel.net/wordpress/
waterliteracyfoundation@yahoo.com
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Director Shri Ayyappa M. Masagi
Cell: 9448379497
rainwatermasagi2000@yahoo.co.in