International Journal of Environmental Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Effect of land use locations on quality of Rainwater and Harvested rainwater

  • Author:
  • Roy M. Thomas, Sobha Cyrus, Benny Mathews Abraham
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 135 to 139

School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science &Technology, Cochin-682022, Kerala

*Email: roymthomas@cusat.ac.in

Online published on 11 December, 2012.

Abstract

Scarcity of freshwater is an impending calamity on the global scale. The only way out is the timely and safe storage of rainwater. Now it has become mandatory in many states to harvest rainwater. Harvesting is to be followed by safe storage till the time of use. This paper reports the results of investigations carried out in different land use locations in Emakulam district of Kerala State.

Keywords

Rainwater, Harvested rainwater, Frequency distribution, pH