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Every Friday between 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) provides detailed technical guidance to interested individuals and institutions to implement rainwater harvesting, as a part of its Miscellaneous services programme. If you are interested in setting up a water harvesting system at your place, please attend our Miscellaneous services programme:

Contact address:
Miscellaneous Services
Centre for Science and Environment
4th Floor, Core-6 A
India Habitat Centre
New Delhi-110 003
Phone: 011-24645334/5
Email: water@cseindia.org
You may also submit the online query form given below to get our technical advice

Online Query Form

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*Name: Dr/ Prof/ Mr/ Ms

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A. CATCHMENT AREA

1. Please give approximate figures for the following catchment details (in square feet (sq. ft) or square metre (sq.mt))

Total area of the plot:

Area of rooftops / terraces:

Area of unpaved surfaces:

Area of paved surfaces:

2. What is the type of coating on the roof and paved ground areas (e.g. tiled, asphalted, cement coated etc)?

B. WATER SUPPLY AND USAGE

1. What is the total daily demand for water in your establishment (litres per day)? [Daily water demand = capacity of water tank/s x no of times tank is filled]

2. Presently, what is the source of water in your site?

Source	*Proportion()**	Used for()**
Municipal Supply
Private borewell / tubewell

* If both sources are used, please mention the proportion of both (for example, 50:50 and 70:30)
** Drinking/ cleaning/washing/ gardening

3. Please comment on the quality of water presently available:

   Satisfactory
   Not satisfactory
  If not satisfactory, please specify:

C. HYDRO-GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. What is the nature of soil in the area?

   Sandy
   Clayey
   Sand-Clay mix
   Rocky

2. Yield of the borewell/ tubewell (litres per hour)

3. Depth of groundwater table

Metres

4. Has there been a drastic depletion in water levels in the last few years (if yes, indicate the approximate value)

Metres

5. Annual rainfall received in your city

inches/year mm/year

6. Please mail us the following information at the address given below:
a. Architectural drawings including:
--Site plan (indicating the location of abandoned/defunct bore or tubewells (if any) and rooftop/terrace floor plan showing the location of rainwater pipes/outlets
--Contour plan, indicating the slopes
--Services layout (Sewage, water supply and electric cables)
b. Soil investigation reports/bore hole lithologs
c. Results of groundwater quality tests (if any)

6. Any relevant information you would like to provide:

WRITE TO: Gita Kavarana, NRM Unit
CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT
41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi - 110062, INDIA
Tel: + 91 (011) 29955124, 229955125; Fax: + 91 (011) 29955879
E-mail: water@cseindia.org Website: www.rainwaterharvesting.org