Water is not only an essential resource for agriculture and industrial sectors; it is also the basic necessity for all living beings. With water scarcity on the rise, India must act quickly on saving water to save the human race from extinction. Valuing water is the need of the hour as it has enormous and complex value for households, the economy and the environment.
But the news coming from different parts of the country on the waterfront is not encouraging - city dwellers are not getting regular water supply; conflicts between different regions over water sharing are rising, and farmers are protesting for water every day.
The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) report in 2018 emphasises that over 600 million Indians face high to extreme water stress, and about two lakh people die every year due to inadequate access to safe water. Moreover, as reported by the World Bank, the amount of water currently available to an individual will fall below half of the 1,588 cubic meters per year by 2030, creating an unimaginable disaster for most people in India. In such circumstances, can we talk about water shortage only when it occurs?
The Humanity Welfare Council has initiated a step forward to save this blue planet by conserving water and water resources. We believe in using technical advancements to reserve depleting water resources and reuse water to avoid wastage. Project BLUESHOWER conserves water by promoting rainwater harvesting systems, building wells, water tanks and other such systems. Through this project, we will work on the implementation of various advanced water conservation methods.
Rainwater harvesting is one such method in which rainwater is collected, stored and utilised in different ways. It is a great way to deal with depleting groundwater levels. Water collected can be used for farming, industrial use and many household activities. It can be a great help in the water scarcity zones.
Rainwater harvesting is a method that can be enabled anywhere around the globe. It can be implemented at homes, public places, big industries and religious places. It can be a great help in recharging local aquifers, reducing urban flooding and ensuring optimum water availability in water-scarce zones. This system of rainwater harvesting has its roots back in rural India.
Another modernist technique to conserve water is to filter sewage and industrial wastewater using highly advanced filter systems and reuse this water for washing, flush use and industrial activities.
Surface Flow are systems that are ideally best fit for turf irrigation. By using state-of-the-art technology, wicking action takes place. A single point of watering spreads out across the turf. It further leads to higher distribution efficiency, reduces water requirements by 25 to 40 per cent and virtually eliminates water runoff.
For reusing water, in big industrial units, large, sophisticated equipment and big scientific calculators will measure the exact amount of water used in sprinkling for irrigation which can save tons of water.
These are the initial steps taken by HWC under Project BLUESHOWER to save water and further work on projects to introduce advanced ways to reuse water.
Mission
To save water, and to save life on the planet earth.
Vision
To make every human get easy access to water and fully aware of different modes of saving water. We envision creating awareness for each human to save water.