VIII (Introduction). Water Harvesting in India
Publications
Ripples of the Society: People’s Movements in Watershed Development in India, by G. Sheena. Gandhi Peace Foundation and Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations (FAO/UN), 1998.
Making Water Everybody’s Business: Practice and Policy of Water Harvesting, edited by Anil Agarwal, Sunita Narain, and Indira Khurana. Centre for Science and Environment, 2001, www.cseindia.org.
The Radiant Raindrops of Rajasthan, by Anupam Mishra. Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, 2001, www.navdanya.org.
Harvesting the Rains in Thar, by Pramod Kulkarni. Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS), 2003, www.gravis.org.in.
Traditional Agricultural and Water Technologies of the Thar, by Bharat Jhunjhunwala. Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS), 2003, www.gravis.org.in.
Dying Wisdom: Rise, Fall, and Potential of India’s Traditional Water Harvesting Systems, edited by Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain. Centre for Science and Environment, 1997, www.cseindia.org.
Tanks of South India, edited by A Vaidyanathan. Centre for Science and Environment, 2001, www.cseindia.org.
Rain Water Harvesting by Shree Padre. Altermedia, 2003, www.altermediaindia.com.
Videos
Harvest of Rain. Centre for Science and Environment, www.RainwaterHarvesting.org. Documents traditional water harvesting in India.
The Rain Catchers. Centre for Science and Environment, www.RainwaterHarvesting.org. Examples of urban rainwater harvesting in India.
Online (in addition to above)
www.gvnml.org. The website of Gram Vikas Navyuak Mandal Laporiya (GVNML).
www.RainwaterHarvesting.org. Water-harvesting site of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), one of India’s leading environmental NGOs. One of its focuses is on promotion of rainwater harvesting. Although its primary focus is on India, this website offers much information that is pertinent to rainwater harvesting around the globe.
www.RainwaterClub.org. Another great site with projects and resources pertaining to India and beyond.
http://akash-ganga-rwh.com/RWH/WaterHarvesting.html. Akash Ganga Chennai Rain Centre, Chennai, India. This is a successful urban rainwater harvesting demonstration site.
