A Drop Today, A Future Tomorrow

Project Rain water Harvesting

Groundwater Revival, School by School

Pune is not a water scarce city. The average rainfall is 700 / 750mm annually. However, due to rapid expansion in the city, the natural aquifers are depleting at an alarming rate.

Our mission is to replenish the aquifers through rain water harvesting through borewells. We first identify Municipal schools with existing borewells. Then install rainwater harvesting systems connecting to the borewells. Total terrace area of 11 schools, along with 12 borewells, covering 1,05,700 sq. ft., has significantly contributed to groundwater recharge.

It is only a drop in the ocean at the moment, but our aim is to replenish the ground water so that it benefits future generations.

Our Mission

Education:

The focus will be on –

Underprivileged schools
Life skills education through the medium of conversational English
Sustainability through ensuring that we handhold the students from 5th to 9th standard

Environment: Bore well recharge

25 Bore wells to be recharged in Municipal / Zilla Parishad schools which have the pre requisite infrastructure.

Projects

Rain Water Harvesting - Terrace run off water is sent through pipes towards the borewell

Rain Water Harvesting Project for rooftop run off during monsoon

Rain Water Harvesting - Filter system installed at Bore well

Rain water harvesting through network of pipelines

Rainwater Harvesting - installing of pipelines

Borewell Recharge at Katke School

Rainwater Harvesting-Borewell Recharge Vasudev Balwant Phadke School

Our Expert and Guide

Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni

Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni is the executive director and secretary at Advance Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), Pune. A Not-for- Profit knowledge institution and think-tank working on groundwater since 1998. He is a hydrogeologist by qualification has, working on aquifers and groundwater across India’s diverse groundwater typology for more than 40 years . He has been a CSIR(Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) scholar, UNESCO scholar and a Fulbright Fellow at different times of his career. He has been actively involved in the advocacy for stronger programmes on groundwater management in India, through his inputs, more recently as Chairman, Working Group on Sustainable Groundwater Management for India’s 12th Five Year Plan. In his words, ‘The science of groundwater is not only about hydrology; it’s sociology, psychology, politics, economics and ecology as well.’ He has published many articles in various journals across the globe on this subject as well as co-authored many books. He is a distinguished Jury of the FICCI Water Award .