1Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
2College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
3Kailash Nath Katju College of Horticulture, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author: balram1997sharma@gmail.com (ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4103-0383)
Online Published on 26 July, 2023.
Water conservation is a wide spread topic for research and discussion. Rajasthan is a dry state with a large arid and semi-arid area. Groundwater levels in region is increasing day by day due to overexploitation and lack of groundwater recharge measures. Precipitation in western Rajasthan is very low out of which maximum are wasted due to run off and infiltration. So, water conservation with storage structures are a solution to meet water demand of area. For water conservation there are many storage and conservation storage are used since a long time. Among these storage Tanka, Nada and Nadi are common structures used in western Rajasthan. Other than these traditional storage systems now-a-days roof rain water harvesting system is also popular due to its various advantages. Objectives of study are determination of different water conservation techniques in Rajasthan and there advantages with economic estimations of roof rain water harvesting system (RRWHS). We also discussed detailed analysis of conservation and restoration measures for traditional storage structures.
• Traditional and Modern water storage structures in Rajasthan.
• Roof rain water harvesting system design and uses.
Roof rain water harvesting, Traditional water conservation methods, Tanka, Nada
