What is meant by Rainwater Harvesting ?

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Aneesh Mehtra asked 7 years ago
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What is meant by Rainwater Harvesting ?
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What is meant by Rainwater Harvesting ?
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Water is an essential resource for everyone. Water from rainfall in most cities and societies goes to directly in the storm water drains, letting it go to waste.
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Team GreenSutra® Staff answered 7 years ago

Earth receives approximately 1050 mm of rainfall every year.

The activity of storing this rain water for later use is usually referred to as Rainwater Harvesting. In other words, rainwater harvesting is the activity involving collection of rainwater for direct use, indirect use, storage, recharging of ground water and other such uses.