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The opinion of the public for the question “RWH will improve the quality of water?” is shown in the<br />
following Figure 8.<br />
Opinion in %<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
Strongly agree Agree Neither Agree nor Dis agree Disagre e Strongly Disagree<br />
CONCLUSION<br />
An attempt is made to study the<br />
public awareness in RWH in<br />
Padmavathi Nagar of Chennai City.<br />
This study shows that the people are<br />
100% aware of RWH, its purpose and<br />
its impact. Public involvement in RWH<br />
implementation is also good. People<br />
feel that RWH will improve the ground<br />
water quantity and quality. Further<br />
studies can be made to check the<br />
efficacy of implemented RWH in<br />
terms of improving both quantity and<br />
quality of ground water.<br />
REFERENCES<br />
• Agarwal, A., Narain, S and Khurana, I.<br />
“Making Water Everybody’s Business-<br />
Practice and Policy of water harvesting”,<br />
Centre for science and Environment, New<br />
Delhi.<br />
• Poate, C.D and Daplyn, P.F, “Data for<br />
Agrarian Development”, Cambridge<br />
University Press,Edition, 1993.<br />
• Indira Khurana and Suresh Babu,<br />
S.V.(2001), “Experiences in Community<br />
based Water Harvesting”, National<br />
Workshop on Water Resources and Water<br />
Quality Management for Sustainable<br />
Drinking Water Supply, pp.1- 7.<br />
• Gurunathan, A., and Karuppusamy,<br />
N.(2001), “Water for All - Making a reality”,<br />
National Workshop on Water Resources<br />
Fig. 1 : Layout map of Padmavathi Nagar, Virugambakkam<br />
and Water Quality Management for Sustainable Drinking Water Supply, pp.v5-v11.<br />
• “Manual on Rain Water Harvesting”, (2001), Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board.<br />
• “Manual on Rain Water Harvesting in Urban Areas”, Rain Centre, Akash Ganga Trust, Chennai.<br />
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