Boulicot, Gilles (2004) A Water Management Concept for Auroville - From today's situation towards the future: A scalable approach. Technical Report. Auroville Water Harvest.
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Since the early days of Auroville, the water situation in the City of the Future and its surrounding followed an in depth evolution on multiple levels: ? From scarcity of resources to the actual abundance, thanks to the improvement and multiplication of pumping structure: Auroville is today dealing with 1 well for 7 people, a definitively very high figure! ? From restriction in the early years to over and miss exploitation today concerning the use: with an Indian standard of personal water consumption of 180 liters per capita per day (lcd) (urban consumption), and a standard consumption in developed country of 250lcd, Auroville is showing an amazing figure of 300lcd! ? From nearly complete run-off to an extremely limited one today: this amazing improvement in surface water and percolation management is the result of years of landscaping, soil conservation programs and life regeneration. ? From nearly complete run-off to an extremely limited one today: this amazing improvement in surface water and percolation management is the result of years of landscaping, soil conservation programs and life regeneration. ? From proximity of good quality ground water to deepening, and salty one: the very sad side effect of green revolution is rushing out. ? From “one community one (or several) well” situation to the beginning of a cohesive distribution system: the first collective water infrastructures are operational. ? From totally wild wastewater management to numerous sustainable systems: Auroville is today recognized as one of the most demonstrative place for decentralized wastewater management in Asia. ? From a “do it yourself” situation to an international scientific and technical support: our water situation, understanding and research programs are totally in link with the general concern all over the world. Similarity, the situation in the surrounding area changed completely since Auroville’s birth. The already severely threaten lands and water are today dreadfully endangered. The main aquifer of our area dropped of 40 meters, and an alarming extending salty groundwater his now mapped out in large part of our bioregion, menacing crops, a major part of drinking water for the villages and finally the survival of this blessed region. It is time to act.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Technical Report) |
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| Subjects: | Water > Water (General) Water > Sourcing (rainwater, stormwater, surface water, groundwater, treated water, desalinated water) Water > Management Water > Bioregion |
| Depositing User: | Aditi Rosegger |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2021 08:12 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2021 08:12 |
| URI: | http://aurorepo.in/id/eprint/168 |
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