Kerala in India is at CROSS ROADS - Water... Water.... Water.....
Kerala state is blessed
with over 3000 mm (118 inch) annual rainfall. Traditionally Keralites depend on
ground water drawn from open wells for all their water needs (including
drinking).
Kerala is planning full
steam for piped water supply to reach 33.3 million (100% population) by 2020.
State statistics shows there
are 63 lakh open wells across Kerala (Sustainable and Decentralised source of
water).
This implies almost every
house / family has a open well [6.3M-wells/(33.3M-population/5-family size)].
Options to choose:
Roof top Rainwater
(RWH) diverted to open wells at each house and also sanitize every open well at
regular intervals -
Empower
citizens and build sustainability.
OR
Dig up
thousands of kilometres of land, roads, forest, (Fragile ecosystem - Western
ghats - one of the 12 hot spots in the world) .... to connect (pipe) every
house in Kerala, pump up millions of litres
of river / borewell water then treat it to supply -
Create huge
infrastructures and own up (Government) responsibility.
