Where can water from rainwater harvesting be used?

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Anand Gupta asked 7 years ago

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Where can water from rainwater harvesting be used?

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Where can water from rainwater harvesting be used?

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Rainwater Harvesting involves the collection and storage of rain water that can be used for different applications at later stage.

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Team GreenSutra® Staff answered 7 years ago

A great amount of water can be saved using various methods of Rainwater Harvesting. Generally, rainwater is clean but it can come into contact with debris, micro-organisms and other pollutants in the process of harvesting.There are several applications for the water collected and stored depending on the different methods of rainwater harvesting used. Some of these applications are listed as follows:

For drinking and cooking
For bathing and laundry
For flushing and cleaning Purposes
For watering plants, gardens etc
For fire suppression systems
For process of composting
For pets, livestock etc
For recharging of borewell systems