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CenterHyderabad Needs to Save Every Drop. What Chennai's Rainwater Harvesting Story Can Teach Us
What's behind this
Hyderabad is grappling with a severe water crisis as borewells have run dry and municipal supply has been reduced to alternate days, in some areas even to once every three days. The shortage has driven daily tanker bookings in the Core Urban Economy region to surge to about 6,000‑7,000 per day in October, while the water board promotes recycled water. Experts point to Chennai’s experience, where falling groundwater levels in the 1990s allowed seawater to infiltrate freshwater sources, prompting a focus on rainwater harvesting that could guide Hyderabad’s response.
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RSS excerpt
In 1995, Professor Sekhar Raghavan noticed something unusual about the water coming from his tap in Chennai. It had turned salty. As groundwater levels fell, seawater was seeping into the city's underground freshwater reserves, making the water increasingly difficult to use. The problem was not that…
