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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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