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RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATED TRAINING PROGRAM TO CONSTRUCT FERRO CEMENT (PUMPKIN SHAPED) RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK
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Course Dates : 05th to 10th October 2022
Duration : 5 days
Venue : Badulla, Sri Lanka
Mode of training : Classroom and on the job
Who Can Apply : Female and male (20 to 45 years) construction industry technicians/ masons from South Asia
Course Fee : US$ 110 (does not include air ticket)
Application Deadline : Registration is Closed
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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United Nations 2023 Water Conference
Global online stakeholder consultation Themes for interactive dialogue UNDESA, through its Division for Sustainable Development Goals (DSDG), organized an online […]
Rain songs
01. Bengali Song Clouds sometimes come to the canvas of my mind. In the evening of Shravan, that cloud comes [...]
Media highlight the status of rainwater harvesting structures in public buildings in Lucknow, India
A report on a functionality assessment undertaken by the Women Water Centre, Lucknow, India on rainwater harvesting systems installed in [...]
Is rainwater anywhere on earth unsafe to drink?
PFAS have conquered the world and have penetrated our life. That is serious enough and will continue to require assessment […]
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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