Scientific and sustainable planning to harvest and conserve rainwater to meet the basic needs of the community in Anakapalle district, North Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Adequate/minimum supply of water to each household is one of the aims of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), Ministry of Jal Shakthi, Govt. of India. Anakapalli is devoid of any major/ minor irrigation projects to supply drinking water in the district. The district is predominantly rain fed. Fortunately, the average rainfall in the district is fairly good. The rainfall per annum is 1175mm. It is very interesting to note that 0.72% of rainfall harvested is good enough to meet the daily LPCD water requirement of the people in the entire district per annum. In this context roof top rain water harvesting in the sump in each household is an alternative to traditional water supply systems, providing water harvesting sump to each household is envisaged to address the supply of 55 lpcd water in Anakapalli District