why are different water harvesting system considered a viable alternative to socioeconomically and environmentally in a country like india? explain
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1)In ancient India,along with sophisticated hydraulic structures, there existed an extraordinary tradition of rainwater harvesting system.
2)People had in depth knowledge of rainfall regimes and soil types and developed a wide range of rainwater harvesting techniques to harvest groundwater, rainwater, riverwater and flood water in keeping the local ecological conditions and their water needs.
3)For example, the hilly and mountainous regions, people built diversion channels like 'guts' or 'kuls' of western himalayas for agriculture.Rooftop harvesting is practised in Rajasthan to store drinking water.In West Bengal people developed inundation channels to divert flood waters to irrigate their fields.In semi and arid regions of Rajasthan agriculture lands were converted into rain fed storage structures that allowed the water to stand and moisten the soil like the 'khadins' in Jaisalmer and 'Johads' in other parts of Rajasthan.
2)People had in depth knowledge of rainfall regimes and soil types and developed a wide range of rainwater harvesting techniques to harvest groundwater, rainwater, riverwater and flood water in keeping the local ecological conditions and their water needs.
3)For example, the hilly and mountainous regions, people built diversion channels like 'guts' or 'kuls' of western himalayas for agriculture.Rooftop harvesting is practised in Rajasthan to store drinking water.In West Bengal people developed inundation channels to divert flood waters to irrigate their fields.In semi and arid regions of Rajasthan agriculture lands were converted into rain fed storage structures that allowed the water to stand and moisten the soil like the 'khadins' in Jaisalmer and 'Johads' in other parts of Rajasthan.
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