Mangaluru: Despite the rainwater harvest (RWH) is not a new concept, and the technique is simple, however, it has not been stuck in the expected line.
This is a technique to collect and store rainwater for irrigation and domestic needs.
A farmer from Belthangady, who has worked on the spread of awareness of RWH, has adopted six simple methods of water conservation on its farm, over the past decade.
David Jaimy Kokkada, who grows rubber and coconut as the main plant at 2.5 hectares, has tried to save and harvest water through various methods.
He told the Toi: “Advantages of Many RWH, and it benefits the entire community in the long run.
Since I began to adopt various RWH techniques for the past 10 years, we have stopped facing a water crisis.
We opened us used to dry up during the summer peak Every year, it has stopped drying.
There is a feeling that the ground water table in the surrounding area also increased, “he said.
David Jaimy said that his goal was to popularize the simple method of RWH.
“In addition to refilling open wells with roof harvesting, using a water cup filter and collecting rain water in the tank, I have tried to refill ground water through lively.
Wherever there is an old nest nest, we make a mud hole next to it, and then let the water flow to the original.
Furthermore, the rain water flowing from a small warehouse has been diverted to the percolation hole, and I have also tried RWH through the tree.
For this narrow pipe connected to tree holes and marketing.
There are about six engineers, and all techniques What I followed was explained on my YouTube channel, “he said.
Until the pandemic struck, Jaimy was used to conduct several awareness programs in villages, schools and colleges on water conservation, and even released a booklet.
Two years ago, he had developed a low-cost filter called the Water Cup, for RWH.