Kerala in India is at CROSS ROADS - Water... Water.... Water.....

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.

Rain Dance on the Roof Top - Book of 30 Success stories on Water Energy Environment

Good wishes to all our friends on 

World Environment Day

Let each day be the World Environment Day for you. Let's 

nourish nature for sharing resources equitably among all 

living beings on this wonderful planet.



My small contribution, the book 

"Rain Dance on the Roof top" 

is being released today @ Indian Institute of Science. 


Foreword written by Bharata Rathna Prof CNR Rao. 


Please send a request for a free copy to :


rainmanskumar@gmail.com


or write to:

KSCST, IISc, Bangalore 560 012.

The coolest switch ever! "Switch your Refrigerator Door" - "More Convenient to use and Saves Electricity"

The coolest switch ever!

"Switch your Refrigerator Door" - "More Convenient to use and Saves Electricity" 
watch video @
http://youtu.be/vgrr-N5x7kE

In my view, most of the refrigerators in this world are built for lefthanders!

Normal Refrigerator with handle on the left
and door hinges on the right hand side

I have modified my regular refrigerator to save electricity and enhance operational convenience! ‘Normal’ refrigerators have the doors hinged on the right side, which means you need to open the door by grabbing the handle with your right hand. 

Modified Refrigerator with handle on the right hand side
and hinges on the left hand side

As most of us are right-handed, we don’t use our left hand to put in or remove containers/ fruits/ veggies. In the bargain, we tend to open the door wider than necessary. In the modified refrigerator, I have merely switched the hinges of the door to the left and the handle to the right! Each time you open the door of a refrigerator, cooling is lost and electricity is wasted. With the modified refrigerator without any additional equipment, up to 20 per cent electricity is saved.

Modified Refrigerator with handle on the right hand side
and hinges on the left hand side

Bangalore to Bijapur - Attarga - Ten success stories on RWH

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  3.    “ªÉÆúÀ£ï ¤ªÀÄä ¸ÉßûvÀ ²ªÀPÀĪÀiÁgïgÀªÀgÀ£ÀÄß £À£Àß MAzÀì® «ÄÃmï ªÀiÁqÉÆÃPÉ ºÉý, let him suggest me Rain Water Harvesting in my house” (±ÁAvÀ£ÀÄ PÀA¸ÉÆÃ¯ï ¥ÀæzsÁ£À PÁAiÀÄðzÀ²ð, PÀ£ÁðlPÀ ¸ÀPÁðgÀ) “ªÀÄ£É ¸ÀÄvÀÛ ªÀÄÄvÀÛ EµÉÆÖAzÀÄ UÁqÀð£ï EgÀĪÀÅzÀjAzÀ ©zÀÝ ªÀÄ¼É ¤ÃgÉ®è groundwater recharge DUÀÄvÀÛzÉ.  ªÀÄ£É M¼ÀUÉ G¥ÀAiÉÆÃV¸À°PÉÌ water supply ZÉ£ÁßV EzÉ. What else we can do? ”

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4.    “§¤ß ¤ÃªÉ®è §¤ß, mÉgÉÃ¸ï ªÉÄÃ¯É ºÉÆÃV £ÉÆÃqÉÆÃt”, ¸ÀPÁðgÀzÀ »jAiÀÄ PÁAiÀÄðzÀ²ð «.¦. ¨Á½UÁgï eÉÆvÉ CªÀgÀÀ ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ ªÉÄÃ¯É «eÁÕ¤ ²ªÀPÀĪÀiÁgï, EAf¤AiÀÄgï ªÀĺÀzÉêÀ ¥Àæ¸Ázï, ............ J®ègÀÆ ªÀÄ£É ªÉÄïÉ, PɼÀUÉ, J¯Áè PÀqÉ ¸ÀÄvÁÛrzÀgÀÄ.  “£ÉÆÃr E°è ªÉÄîÎqÉ EgÉÆà aPÀÌ bÁªÀt¬ÄAzÀ §AzÀ ªÀÄ¼É ¤ÃgÀ£ÀÆß »r¨ÉÃPÀÄ,  £ÀªÀÄä£É §mÉÖ vÉƼÉAiÉÆà eÁUÀ vÁgÀ¹AiÀÄ ªÉÄïÉÃ, vÁgÀ¹AiÀÄ ªÉÄÃ¯É EgÉÆà ºÀÆ«£À PÀÄAqÀUÀ½UÀÆ ¤ÃgÀÄ       E°èAzÀ£Éà §AzÀgÉ M¼ÉîAiÀÄzÀÄ. ªÀÄ£É ¸ÀÄvÀÛ EµÉÆÖAzÀÄ VqÀ EzÉ, ¥ÀA¥ï ªÀiÁqÀzÀ ºÁUÉ «zÀÄåvï G¥ÀAiÉÆÃV¸ÀzÀ ºÁAUÉ ¤ÃgÀÄ ºÁPÉÆà ªÀåªÀ¸ÉÜ ªÀiÁr©r”.

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Staircase PÉÆoÀr ªÉÄðAzÀ §AzÀ ¤ÃgÀÄ §mÉÖPÀ®Äè ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ°è ElÖ MAzÀÄ ¥Áè¹ÖPï mÁåAPï£À°è ±ÉÃRgÀuÉ.  ¤ÃgÀÄ eÁ¹Ûà EzÁÝUÀ £À°èð ¤ÃgÀÄ »rzÀÄPÉÆAqÀÄ PÀrªÉÄAiÀiÁzÁUÀ mÁåAPï¤AzÀ qÉÊgÉPïÖ DV vÉUÉzÀÄPÉÆAqÀÄ §mÉÖ vÉƼÉAiÀÄ®Ä G¥ÀAiÉÆÃUÀ.

vÁgÀ¹AiÀÄ ªÉÄðgÉÆà E£ÉÆßAzÀÄ gÀÆA ªÉÄðAzÀ §AzÀ ªÀļɤÃgÀÄ ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ¯Éèà vÁgÀ¹AiÀÄ ªÉÄÃ¯É PÀnÖgÉÆà ¹ªÉÄAmï mÁåAPï£À°è ±ÉÃRgÀuÉ. vÁgÀ¹AiÀÄ ªÉÄð£À VqÀUÀ½UÉ E°èAzÀ ¤ÃgÀÄ ¸À¥ÉèöÊ. EªÉ®èzÀgÀ®Æè ºÉZÁÑzÀ ¤ÃgÀÄ, F JgÀqÀ£É CAvÀ¹Ü¤AzÀ ºÀjzÀÄ, eÁ®jð ±ÉÆâü¹, £É®¢AzÀ 10 Cr ¸ÉÖAqï ªÉÄÃ¯É PÀÄAwgÉÆ zÉÆqÀØ ¹AmÉPïì mÁåAPï£À°è ±ÉÃRgÀuÉ, ªÀÄ¼É E®èzÁUÀ vÀ£ÀßµÀÖPÉÌ vÁ£Éà mÁåAPï ¤AzÀ PɼÀUÉ ºÀjAiÉÆà ¤ÃgÀÄ ªÀÄ£É ¸ÀÄvÀÛªÀÄÄvÀÛ°£À VqÀUÀ½UÉ DzsÁgÀ.

  

5.    «zsÁ£À ¸ËzsÀzÀ ªÀÄÆgÀ£Éà ªÀĺÀrAiÀÄ MAzÀÄ ªÀÄÆ¯É gÀÆA£À°è ZÀZÉð:

“N UÀÄgÀÄUÀ¼ÀÄ §gÀ¨ÉÃPÀÄ (ªÉÆúÀ£ï ZÀPÀæªÀwð, »jAiÀÄ KAS C¢üPÁj vÀ£Àß ¸ÀºÀ¥Án PÀĪÀiÁgïUÉ) EªÀgÀÄ «eÁÕ¤ £À£Àß ¥ÉÆæÃeÉPïÖ ªÉÄãÉÃdgï DVzÀÝgÀÄ (²ªÀPÀĪÀiÁgï) £À£Àß ¥Àæ±ÁAvï£ÀUÀgÀ ªÀÄ£É 1^st Floor PÀnÖ j£ÉÆêÉÃmï ªÀiÁrzÀæ°è 90% LrAiÀiÁ EªÀgÀzÉÝÔ.

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6. “zÀtÂUÀÄ¼É §¤ß EªÀgÀÄ £ÀªÀÄä ªÀÄ£É PÀlÖ°PÉÌ §ºÀ¼À advice ªÀiÁrgÉÆÃgÀÄ, ªÁ¸ÀÄÛ §UÉÎ §ºÀ¼À w½PÉÆAqÀªÀgÉ.  ¨É¼ÀUÁAUÉ §AzÀÄ £ÀªÀÄä d¯Éè¯É¯Áè ªÀļɤÃgÀÄ PÉÆ¬Ä®Ä ºÉÃUÉ ªÀiÁqÉÆÃzÀÄ CAvÀ ºÉý¢æ”. “(²ªÀ°AUÀ ªÀÄÆwð, »jAiÀÄ KAS C¢üPÁj). “F EA¢gÁ£ÀUÀgÀzÀ°ègÉÆà £ÀªÀÄä ªÀÄ£ÉAiÀÄ°è ºÁåUÉ ªÀiÁqÉÆÃzÀÄ ºÉý”. “¸Ágï, F UÁågÉÃeïUÀÆ ªÀÄ£ÉÃUÀÆ ªÁ¸ÀÄÛ ¥ÀæPÁgÀ PÀ£ÉPÀë£ï£Éà E®è.  ¤ÃgÀÆ CµÉÖÃ, ªÀÄ£É ªÉÄðAzÀ F UÁågÉÃeï ªÉÄîPÉÌ ¥ÉÊ¥ï PÀ£ÉPÀë£ï£Éà PÉÆqÀ¨ÁgÀzÀÄ” (ªÁ¸ÀÄÛ ²°à ¥Àæ¨sÀÄ¥Àæ¸Ázï). 

MAzÀÄ G¥ÁAiÀÄ ºÀÆr UÁågÉÃeï ªÉÄÃ¯É CzÀgÀ GzÀÝ CzÀgÀ CUÀ® ºÉZÀÄÑ PÀrªÉÄ CzÀgÀµÉÖ JvÀÛgÀzÀ mÁåAPï PÀnÖ ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ°ègÉÆà ªÀÄ£É ªÉÄÃ¯É ©zÀÝ ªÀÄ¼É ¤ÃgÀ®è ¦ü®Ögï £À°è ±ÀÄzÀÝ DV UÁågÉÃeï PÀqÉ ¥ÉÊ¥ï°è ºÀjAiÀÄÄvÉÛ.  ¥ÉÊ¥ï UÁågÉÃeï ªÉÄðgÉÆà mÁåAPï ªÀÄÄmÉÆÖîè, 1/2 Cr UÁå¥ï EzÉ (ªÁ¸ÀÄÛ) ªÀÄ¼É ¤ÃgÉ®è mÁåAPïUÉ ¸ÀÄjAiÀÄÄvÉÛ.  F mÁåAPï vÀÄA© ºÉZÁÑzÀ ¤ÃgÀÄ UÁågÉÃeï ªÀÄÄA¢gÉÆà ¸ÀA¥ï M¼ÀUÉ ±ÉÃRgÀuÉ.  “²ªÀPÀĪÀiÁgï, ºÉZÀÄÑ PÀrªÉÄ PÀ¼ÉzÀ DgÀÄ wAUÀ¼ÀÄ £ÀªÀÄä ªÀÄ£ÉUÉ ¥ÀÆwð F ªÀļɤÃgÉà DVzÉ FUÀ®Æ £ÉÆÃr ªÉÄÃ¯É mÁåAPï, PɼÀUÉ ¸ÀA¥ï JgÀqÀÆ ºÉZÀÄÑ PÀrªÉÄ vÀÄA©zÉ”. 

7. “¸Ágï, ¤ÃjUÉ §ºÀ¼À PÀµÀÖ ©¢é £ÁªÀÅ.  £ÀªÀÄä£Éà (¹Ã¤AiÀÄgÀ ¸Àdð£ï qÁ. gÀ«PÀĪÀiÁgÀ PÉ.¹.f. D¸ÀàvÉæ) «dAiÀÄ£ÀUÀgÀzÀ ¨Á¥ÀÆf ¯ÉÃOmï£À vÀUÀΰèzÉ.  ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ°è ªÀȵÀ¨sÁªÀw ºÀ¼Àî ºÀjAiÀÄÄvÉÛ.  £ÀªÀÄUÉ ªÁlgï ¸À¥ÉèöÊ EgÀ°®è   ªÀÄ£É PÀnÖ MAzÀÄ ªÀµÀð ¨ÉÆÃgïªÉ¯ï ¤ÃgÀÄ ZÉ£ÁßV §AvÀÄ.  EzÀÝQÌzÀÝ ºÁUÉ ¨ÉÆÃgïªÉ¯ï ¤ÃgÀÄ SÁ°.  DgÀÄ wAUÀ¼ÀÄ mÁåAPÀgï ¤ÃgÀÄ ¸ÀA¥ïUÉ ºÉÆqɹ JµÀÄÖ PÀµÀÖ ©r ¸Àgï ºÉüÉÆÃzÀÄ ¨ÉÃqÀ.  FUÀ £ÉÆÃr ªÀÄ£É ªÉÄÃ¯É ©zÀÝ ¤ÃgÉ®è ¦ü®Ögï ªÀiÁr ¥ÀPÀÌzÀ°è MAzÀÄ EAUÀÄUÀÄAr PÀnÖ ¨sÀƫĬÄAzÀ 7 Cr PɼÀUÉ ¨ÉÆÃgïªÉ¯ï PÉùAUï ¥ÉÊ¥ïUÉ vÀÆvÀ ªÀiÁr ±ÀÄzÀÞªÁzÀ ªÀÄ¼É ¤Ãgɮ蠩lÖgÀÄ.  CªÀwÛ¤AzÀ EªÀwÛ£À ªÀgÉUÀÆ ¸ÁPÀµÀÄÖ ¤ÃgÀÄ ¸Àgï, §mÉÖ vÉƼÉzÀgÉ ¸ÉÆÃ¥ï £ÉÆgÉ JµÀÄë §gÀÄvÉÛ CAwÃgÁ! ”

8. “AiÉÄà §£Éæà AiÀiÁvÀPÉÌ £ÁaPÀÆwÛÃgÉ F CuÁÚgÀÄ DgÀÄ wAUÀ¼À »AzÉ §A¢gÀ°¯Áé CªÉæAiÀiÁ’. (¸ÁPÀªÀÄä, ºÀ¼ÉPÀÄgÀħgÀPÀÄAmÉ zÉêÀ£ÀºÀ½î vÁ®ÆPÀÄ) ‘ºÀÆA£ÀªÀÄä £ÁªÉÃ! EzÉãÉãÉÆà ªÀiÁr¹â÷Ö¢ÝÃgÁ? EzÀÄ K£ÉãÀÄ CAvÀ £ÀªÀÄUÉ ¸Àà®à ºÉýÛÃgÁ?”

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Thank you... Water bill not paid for 20 years in Bangalore!!!

Thank you... 

Water bill not paid for 22 years in Bangalore!!!

"Sourabha" the ecofriendly home turning 22 today the 5th November (Grihapravesha 5th Nov 1995).

Sourabha Ecofriendly HOME

Thank you all:

Clouds - provided rainwater for all the water needs (24X7 - 365 days a year) including drinking water, no city water connection and we have not received monthly water bill till date.

Rainwater Harvesting System

Zero bacteria water by treating with SILVER sheet

White roof to reflect the suns heat

Sun - gave us light, heat, warmth and energy to hundreds of plants in and around Sourabha.

Sky lights to light-up the house

Trees and Plants - Air-conditioned our house without using electricity, gave us fresh and cool air by filtering dust and pollutants throughout the year. Neem tree and several medicinal plants avoided visiting "Doctors" for years. Sheltered many birds, butterflies, insects and many more.

Coconut husk to support plants

Birds visiting Sourabha

Birds visiting Sourabha

Birds visiting Sourabha

Neem tree - Danvantri at Sourabha

Earthworms - Tirelessly converted all our tons and tons of garbage in to manure which is now stored as fixed deposit in the form of several trees and hundreds of lovely plants.

Earthworms to treat garbage

Fish, tortoise, snails, tadpoles... - Kept our water bodies filled with rainwater fresh and clean throughout the year and also protected the lotus to give us each day one flower.

Water plants and flowers

My house inside Sourabha garden

Fish in the water bodies around Sourabha

Architects, Sudha and Jayashree - They translated our dream in to reality.

Anu Solar - Mr Joseph - He took a bold step in to manufacturing and marketing of my design of Solar Water Heater and in Sourabha the MS collector is still kicking providing hot water each day.

Mild Steel solar collector for water heating

And all those in the neighbourhood who tolerated us for such a long time - Experimenting with MOTHER NATURE. 

Save energy - be ecofriendly

Rattrap walls to cool the house

Used water from washing machine water for toilet flushing

Kitchen water for lush green garden plants

RAIN RAIN, no more FLOODING in Bangalore!

"Rain Dance on the Roof Top"

Please step out to soak your body, soul and heart and indulge in joy and happiness and let go off your worries and tension in the purest form of water "CLOUD JUICE"

http://rainmanspeaks.blogspot.in/2014/07/rain-dance-on-rooftop.html 

Join the campaign to spread the message:  

"Conserve Water - Harvest Rainwater"

Do you remember the last time you soaked in RAIN and enjoyed it?

Do this today! Enjoy natures gift. It is wonderful to look up and feel the falling PEARLS from the cloud above you. You deserve it.

ttp://rainmanspeaks.blogspot.in/2014/09/from-trickle-to-flood.html

Wake up Bangalore, Wake up!

Walk up to your roof and feel the natures showers blessing you.

Harvest Rainwater and avoid FLOODING in Bangalore

If all the properties (around 18 lakh) in Bangalore harvest at least 5000 lt from their roof, 50% of the rainwater flowing in the drains and on the roods can be permanently avoided. This means no flooding in Bangalore forever.

We can do it, it is doable!

"Rain Dance on the Roof Top"

Join the campaign to spread the message to

"Conserve Water - Harvest Rainwater"

http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/shivakumar-man-behind-rainwater-harvesting-projects-in-bangalore/1/190798.html

From Trickle to flood

From trickle to flood

It’s been raining cats and dogs in the City. Why don’t you harvest rainwater?

Over the last few weeks, we've been talking about the need to conserve precious resources such as water. And rainwater harvesting has emerged as a viable alternative to traditional and perennial sources of water in hilly areas, in places where the level of fluoride and arsenic is above permissible limits and in cities that battle water shortage in summer and flooding during the monsoon.

Good, bad & ugly
Bangalore has over 300 major lakes. Situated 920 metres above sea level, the naturally undulating terrain of the city, with its hills and valleys, forms a unique radial drainage pattern, which is ideal for capturing and storing rainwater.
Each valley at the ridge-top gives birth to small streams that cascade to form major stream systems in the three valleys of Hebbal, Koramangala-Challaghatta, and Vrishabhavati.
Over the years, an increase in population has led to a spurt in the number of residential buildings that have replaced traditional bungalows and their large open spaces. With the demand for land use in developed areas spiralling, vertical growth has become inevitable. This has also resulted in an increase in rooftop areas, pavements and roads.

  With massive concreting and asphalting of ground areas, the soil exposed for rainwater infiltration has decreased, leading to a drastic fall in the groundwater table and disappearance of open wells.
Over the last 30 years, Bangalore has experienced five years of severe drought and three years of moderate drought. The quest for water has resulted in over exploitation of groundwater. On an average, the groundwater level has progressively declined. Consequently, the quantity of run-off water in the storm drains has increased tremendously.
Bangalore is primarily dependent on River Cauvery, which is approx 95 km. away and 500 metres below Bangalore. While there is emphasis on centralised piped supply of water to the city, surface water bodies like lakes and tanks, which were traditional sources of supply, are on a steep decline. A conservative estimate puts the number of borewells in Bangalore at around two lakh. Usually, groundwater in shallow wells is polluted. Groundwater levels are falling due to heavy extraction and the absence of rechargeable aquifers. In fact, several deep borewells have run dry. To address the issue of water shortage, rainwater harvesting is a perfect solution.

Get the basics right
Rainwater harvesting is the process of collecting and storing rainwater in a scientific and controlled manner for future use. In cities, it includes:
  * Rooftop rainwater harvesting
  * Rainwater harvesting in paved and unpaved areas (fields, parks, pavements etc)
  * Rainwater harvesting in large areas with open ponds, lakes, tanks etc.
Rainwater harvesting potential in urban areas is huge. On a site measuring 40ft x 60ft (2400 sq ft), with an annual rainfall of about 1000 mm or 39.4 inches (Bangalore receives 1000 mm of rainfall annually), about 2,23,000 lts of rainwater can be harvested.

The amount of rainwater that can be harvested from the available rainwater in the plot depends on potential rainfall, catchment area available, collection methods and its efficiency etc.
Rainwater harvesting is a community-based programme and its success largely depends on the collective participation of everyone – from individuals to government bodies to builders to architects. With some thought and planning, you can store rainwater for direct use in tanks above ground or in underground sumps. Water thus stored can be used directly to flush toilets, water plants etc. Rainwater can be used to recharge groundwater through recharge pits, dug wells, borewells, soak pits, recharge trenches, etc.
Next week, we will see how some buildings in Bangalore have already taken the RWH route to sensible living.

Water facts
• Water supply in cities is woefully inadequate to meet galloping demand
•  Surface water is in short supply, hence the dependence on groundwater
• Due to rapid urbanisation, infiltration of rainwater into the sub-soil has decreased drastically, so recharging of groundwater has diminished
•  Rainwater, which is easily available, is an immediate source to augment the existing water supply


What you can do?
Rainwater harvesting is the smartest and most sensible solution we have to our water woes because:
 * It is environment friendly
 * It is an ideal solution for water requirement in areas having inadequate water resources
 * It increases groundwater level
 * It improves groundwater quality
 * It mitigates the effects of drought
 * It reduces the run-off, which otherwise floods storm-water drains
 * It limits flooding of roads and low-lying areas
 * It reduces soil erosion
 * It is cost-effective and easy to maintain
 * It brings about a huge saving in water and electricity bills