Archive for the ‘Rainwater’ Category
RWH to be must in all urban pocketsTimes of IndiaBANGALORE: After Bangalore, rainwater harvesting will be made compulsory in newly constructed buildings in all other urban pockets across the state. On Tuesday, the Karnataka Municipalities and Certain O…
House passes bill making RWH mandatoryDeccan HeraldThe Legislative Assembly on Tuesday passed an amendment bill that proposes to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in all city corporations of the State. Rainwater harvesting is already mandatory in Bru…
InnoCentive, GlobalGiving, and Rockefeller Foundation Advance Open Innovation …MarketWatch (press release)Design of a low-cost Rainwater Harvesting Storage Tank for a Wetland Region in Kerala, India. Proposed by Rainwater for Humanity, this solution …
Cullman County, Alabama Producers Offered Incentive to Harvest RainwaterSoutheast AgNetRainwater harvesting is a method for collecting, storing, purifying and conserving local surface run-off for agriculture purposes. The initiative targets broiler ope…
Rain Water Harvesting Key to FarmingAllAfrica.comRainwater harvesting creates synergies by improving rain fed agriculture and enhancing productive landscapes Farms are indisputably the most important ecosystems for human welfare. Rain fed agriculture p…
Down To EarthRain centre inaugurated in ChennaiDown To EarthThe centre is a permanent exhibition that highlights the potential of rainwater harvesting in urban areas. It is a joint endeavour of New Delhi-based non-governmental organisation (ngo) Centre…
Mercado: Blistering summersSun.StarPuerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn wanted rainwater harvesting in his city—until the water district posed the same concern. Rainwater cisterns, down to barangays, will address flooding and increasingly severe wat…
Rain water harvesting key to farmingTimes of ZambiaRainwater harvesting creates synergies by improving rain fed agriculture and enhancing productive landscapes Farms are indisputably the most important ecosystems for human welfare. Rain fed agriculture…
Laws loosen HOA grip on homeownersHouston ChronicleRainwater harvesting and barrels, as well as solar panels, must be allowed within some limits. Among other changes, HOAs now will have to go through a judge if they want to foreclose on owners behind o…
Bill making rainwater harvesting mandatory tabledNDTVPTI, Updated: February 03, 2012 10:24 IST The Karnataka Municipalities and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011, was today tabled in the Legislative Assembly making mandatory to build rainwater h…