Abstract:
Ponds are traditional means of water conservation and stored water is used for domestic & agricultural purposes. However, due to various reasons many village ponds are dying-storage capacity is depleting & water quality is degraded and ponds have reached utpo severe eutrophication levels. Hence, we need to rejuvenate the village ponds by green and cheap technology (Natural Treatment Systems), so that the same can be replicated in large number of ponds at reasonable cost. In the present study, NTH has rejuvenated a village pond located in Ibrahimpur-Masahi village (Bhagwanpur Block, District Haridwar, Uttarakhand). The water storage capacity of the pond has been increased after rejuvenation works (de silting). In this pond, root zone based natural treatment system (phytoremediation techniques) has been developed for treatment of domestic village wastewater entering into pond. A regular water quality monitoring is continuing to evaluate the performance this natural treatment system with reference to nearby control pond at Masahi.
