Rainwater harvesting-Solution to water crisis

Rain water is the purest form of water though rain water are not well considered as a source of water in modern society. Rain water can be harvested very effectively and in good amount during wet weather. The water so collected can be used for sanitary, washing , cooking and even drinking after treatment.
This project aims to find the recent practices of rain water harvesting in Kathmandu Valley. Also it aims to find the possibility of rain water harvesting in modern houses, problems in doing so, calulation of the water volume per household, storage and treatment procedure of rain water and recommondation at the end.

The overall parts/contents of the projects report are as follows:

Part I

1)Cover Page
2) Title Page
3) Preface
4) Acknowledgement
5) Table of Contents
6) List of figures and tables
7) Abstract

Part II
1) Introduction
  1.1 Introduction to rain water harvesting
  1.2 Introduction of study area
  1.3 Recent Practices of rain water harvesting
  1.4 Importance and scope of rain water harvesting

Part III/IV
2) Discussion
  2.1 Ways of Rain Water Harvesting
  2.2 Storage of rain water
  2.3 Volume calulation of rain water
  2.4 Treatment of rain water
  2.5 Uses of rain water and its adequacy

Part V
3) Conclusion
  3.1 Redefining the importance of rain water harvesting
  3.2 Conclusion of the discussion i.e volume, treatment and storage.
4) Recommendation
  4.1 To and individual house
  4.2 To the government and building codes and laws


Part VI
1) Documentation Section
  1.1 Appendix
  1.2 List of reference/ biblography
  1.3 Footnotes/Glossary
  1.4 Index

Project group: C2

Group Members:

Ganesh Pandey

Govinda Raj Dhami

Salina Madhakarmi

Dijen Suwal

Gokul Khatri

Bidur Hada