18.-Rain water harvesting in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secundrabad- Evaluation, Improvements and compaign leading to peoples participation

Abstract

The twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad with a radius of 15 Kms. covering an area of about 700 Sq.Km has a population of 44.00 lakhs as per 1991 census. Of this about 30 lakhs live in the densly populated Minicipal Corporation area 168 Sq.Km. The total requirement of water for domestic needs is about 720 million litres per day. The Hyderabad Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board is supplying about 330 million litres per day for drinking purposes. The balance requirement is being met from ground water mostly by drilling of bore wells. It is believed that there about 38,000 bore wells in the twin cities of which about 8000 bore wells are fitted with hand pumps and the rest with Jet Pumps and Submersible pumps.