Lecture - Rainwater harvesting and Waste Management May 11, 2009

Lecture - Rainwater harvesting and Waste Management by Janak Daftari. Rain Water Harvesting is a way to capture the rain water when it rains, store that water above ground or charge the underground and use it later. This happens naturally in open rural areas. But in congested, over-paved metropolitan cities, we need to create methods to capture the rain water. A crusader of RWH, Janak Daftari is an environment worker, an evangelist for rain-water harvesting and waste management. He runs awareness campaigns/workshops for all professionals and citizens, also provides technical inputs for implementing projects at site and offers organic STP based on bio-technology developed indigenously. He is mah. convenor of jal biradari, founded by Rajendra Singh, Anupam Mishra and others. Prof. Daftari finds an obvious link between RWH and waste management in Mumbai, an increasing menace. A huge habitat like Mumbai generates waste to the tune of approximately 7,025tonnes per day. The waste consists of mixed waste (bio-degradable and recyclable). and debris and silt. While there are various schemes and initiatives for collection and disposal of garbage, the citizen also should assume an important role, following the principle of three R s: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

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