Question

What do you mean by water conservation? What are the remedies?

Answer 1

Proper and Judicious management of water is called Water Conservation.

The protected water is used for various activities. The use of water is not limited to drinking and bathing. Water is useful in various fields like agriculture, industry, communication, transportation.

In this context, the following methods an prove to be effective for water conservation.

• With reference to Jal Mission, emphasis was based on ground water recharge, So that farms, villages, cities, industries, cowed get enough water. For this activities like plantation use of organic and compost manure, conservation of law level water shed, rainwater harvesting and sewage treatment, recycling can be useful.
• Water Shed Management : Horticulture, agro forestry, aquaculture, agricultural production can be increased by using water flow or water logging. It can also be used for drinking water supply. The management needs to be implement small units.
• Technology Development : Technological development means such undertakings in which maximum benefits can be taken by using less and less water such as drip irrigation, lift irrigation with sprinker, step farming etc.