PART 4 - Domestic Rainwater Harvesting - Recharge

In the domestic context, while rooftop run-off water can be captured in storage and used later directly, non-rooftop catchment (such as gardens) run-off can be used to recharge ground water. In the context of Bangalore, Recharge Wells as seen in this video are an ideal way to achieve recharge.

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Science & Technology

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• Recharge
• well
• groundwater
• Rainwater
• Club
• harvesting
• management

[zenrainman]

The idea is to make it a well. If the recharge works well and if the aquifer permits then this can become a withdrawal well too and you can draw water from it. Have not found rats and cockroaches so far :)

[guicastagnadesigneco]

Zenrainman, doesn't this attract cockroaches and small rats being practically an open well as it is? Similarly I do work with the same concept in my projects, but instead, use pre-cast concrete rings that don't go all the way to the groundwater, but instead create a space for infiltration, usually 2m deep, or so.