Geographic
Year : 2016, Volume : 11, Issue : 1
First page : ( 46) Last page : ( 58)
Print ISSN : 0975-4121.

Rainwater harvesting practices in Durtlang

Lalmalsawmzauva K.C.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Resource Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl

Online published on 30 June, 2017.

Abstract

The present study examined rainwater harvesting potential and practices in Durtlang. The Study reveals that Durtlang has high potential of rainwater harvesting with annual rainfall of more than 250 cm. Among the different types of rainwater harvesting roof water harvesting is focused for present study. It is found that a remarkably high number of 94 per cent household practised rainwater harvesting and almost half of the households are reported of using rainwater as their main source of living. However, 87 per cent household reported that rainwater harvesting is not sufficient for family consumption and merely 15 per cent reported that rain water is sufficient for family requirements. Majorproblems are inadequatestorage facility, no space to construct water tank in their premises and a good number of them are having financial problems to make storage facility. It is suggested that if the existing system is improved, almost all the families can get sufficient water requirement from rain water alone

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