By Ellen Fish | Project Leader
Dear friends,
As supporters of our project, you know that the rainwater harvesting program of the Barefoot College is a sustainable solution to the extreme shortage of clean drinking water sources in rural Rajasthan, India. Rains are often undependable and ground water has unhealthy levels of arsenic or fluoride, and in many areas is too saline to drink. Rainwater - as a direct source of potable water when filtered - can be collected from the rooftops of schools and stored in underground storage tanks. Communities contribute to constructing the system.
The Barefoot College of Tilonia also works with local communities to capturing rainwater for other uses as well. Construction of check dams, channels and reservoirs create rainwater harvesting systems that channel the water to ponds or wells for use in irrigating fields or watering animals. Local communities work together for to construct these rainwater harvesting systems. This short video, Rainwater Harvesting, Khatoli Project, introduces you to this approach to water conservation.
Thank you for your support for capturing rainwater. We appreciate it.
Best,
Ellen Fish
Friends of Tilonia, Inc.
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