Friday 7 June 2013

Rainwater Harvesting

Rainwater Harvesting For Self-Sufficient Apartment
The term self-sufficiency is usually applied to varieties of sustainable living in which nothing is consumed outside of what is produced by the self-sufficient individuals or community. An apartment not only becomes self-sufficient apartment by installing Rainwater Harvesting System but also preserves groundwater by creating alternative sources of water for its residents.


Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
  • Rainwater harvesting has been made mandatory in all new buildings with an area of 300 sq m or more.
  • Tentative for enforcing this deadline was June 2001.
Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002