Water Harvesting and Sustainable Supply in India (Environment and Development)
By R.N. Athavale.
Description
"Water harvesting is a critical issue in India given the existing scarcity and water quality problems experienced practically all over the country. The pattern of endowment of water resources and the long term predictions of deficits on per capita availability in different rainfall zones point to the need to create new resources. The current publication by a well known expert in the field, is the first comprehensive treatise on the subject of water harvesting. It deals with traditional practices of rain and surface water harvesting as well as more recent ones like check dams. It descri...
ISBN(s)
8170337526, 9788170337522
