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Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting

 
Jennifer Wadsworth
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With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These structures are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.

Subtropical desert (Köppen: BWh)
Elevation: 1090 ft Annual rainfall: 7"

 
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Nice!

Did some web surfing and found a book here.

http://www.indiawaterportal.org/sites/indiawaterportal.org/files/radiant_raindrops_of_rajasthan_english_translation_of_rajasthan_ki_rajat_boondein_by_maya_jani.pdf

This site says it has no copyright so is free to share.

http://thearrowsoftruth.com/anupam-mishra-the-ancient-ingenuity-of-water-harvesting/

And this link has some interesting stuff.

http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/rainwater-harvesting-india-traditional-and-contemporary

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Excellent video Jennifer. I put it on my website a while back....there is a wealth of knowledge within these older cultures.
I really admire the Indian people for there resourcefulness.
Here's a link to my resource page
http://www.raindropharvesting.ca/resources/

Jaan Designs-http://www.jaandesigns.ca
Raindrop harvesting-http://raindropharvesting.ca

 
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