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Residential technician training program on rainwater harvesting and storage: Construction of the Sri Lankan ferro cement Pumpkin tank and Calabash tank of Malawi
Duration – 12th to 16th May 2023
Venue – Bandarawela, Sri Lanka
Mode Of Training – Classroom and on the Job
The Climate-resilient business model of Elpitiya Plantations a large tea production company in Sri Lanka featured in the SARNET 10th webinar receives a prestigious award from the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce
Managed by Aitken Spence Plantation Management PLC since 1997, Elpitiya Plantations owns 13 estates and 17 factories producing tea and other diversified crops. The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (https://island.lk/elpitiya-plantations-recognised-for-best-sustainability-project-go-green-and-beyond/)recognised the efforts of this organisation to reduce the environmental and water footprint of the ‘Go Green and Beyond’ initiative by awarding the prestigious Best Corporate Citizen Sustainability Award 2021.
Votes for rainwater harvesting; an election candidate of Kathmandu in Nepal proposes rainwater harvesting as a measure to supply water to the communities not reached by the main supply
Mr. Balen Shah is a Rapper/Structural Engineer by Profession. He is a popular candidate for Mayor (Chair of Kathmandu Metropolitan City) in the local election. While giving an interview to a national televisions, a television channel he stated that even though the municipal water supply is fully functional there is an acute water problem in Kathmandu city. About 3% of the population will be still out of municipal water supply reach. This can be overcome or solved by applying Rainwater Harvesting Technology. Mr. Shah also spoke about recharging ponds to restore traditional water points/sources. -Courtesy Kanchan Nepal
https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxiQf8XxkRlEgYiMfSMQE0STHSUw6zpopL for SARNET.
Linking South Asian communities with a solution to a common problem
Sri Lankan mason shows how to construct pumpkin-shaped rainwater harvesting tank to masons in water-scarce Begnas region in Nepal
Pumpkin-shaped rainwater tank popular in Sri Lanka to be adopted for Nepal Blue Schools Project
Blue Schools project of Kanchan Nepal constructs the Pumpkin shaped rainwater harvesting tank. Masons of Nepal were trained on constructing pumpkin-shaped rainwater tanks by Malkanthi a Sri Lankan lady mason trained by the Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum and facilitated by Kanchan Nepal and supported by the International Rainwater Harvesting AllianceiIRHA).
https://sarainwater.org/story-of-sri-lankan-female-mason-in-nepal-constructing-rwh-tank/
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Recent research offers you an array of insightful information on the effectiveness of rainwater harvesting systems for domestic non-potable use and the water demand of the community, climate change and water conservation etc.
India maintains its rank among the top-performing countries
A report, published by German-watch along with Climate Action Network (CAN) and New Climate Institute, was released November 10 on […]
Do you want to record how much it rains where you live?
In modern record-keeping, rainfall is measured by the amount in a given time period, usually hourly or daily. A few […]
Citizens of Pune decided to use rainwater to address water scarcity and erratic supply by the municipal
Depleting groundwater levels, acute water scarcity and inadequate and erratic municipal supply made the residents of Baner Pashan link road […]
Irony of climate change discourses
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties 27’s (CoP 27) Egyptian presidency on September 29, […]
A glimpse of SARNET past events
SARNET Webinar (VII) - Rainwater Harvesting for Industries
International Conference 2021 - Day 01
Using Rainwater Harvesting to migrate the effects of climate change
Ponds in Nepal
Dakshina Kannada Nirmithi Kendra
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