Rainwater harvesting in my house

Q: I’m currently in the process of building my own home in Peelamedu, Coimbatore. How important is it to have a rainwater harvesting tank constructed? I’m thinking of cutting the cost as much as possible.

Chandresh Subramanian, Coimbatore

30th July 2014

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You’re right. The corporation IS coming down hard on those who have decided to ignore this step. Even buildings that have been completed for several years now have to do this. I know in some cases the owners who were alerted to install this system, chose to ignore it. They were served a notice. I heard that the corporation served over 2700 notices to different buildings throughout the city. Whoever ignored those notices, the corporation remained true to their word and actually disconnected the water supply to all these buildings.

Chetan Reddy, Coimbatore

1st August 2014

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Dude, if you’re seriously thinking about not installing this rainwater harvesting thing, then let me tell you that the corporation are doing regular checks on this. Yeah, and they are even disconnecting the water supply to any building that doesn’t have this harvesting system. So unless you want to run your household without any source of water, I’d advise you to install this thing.

Abhishek Iyer, Coimbatore

31st July 2014

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Yeah, with the upcoming monsoon, I think the corporation wants us to run as much as possible on rain water harvested like this. I think they want to save the Siruvani water supply for the dryer months, especially for the next summer, when the lack of rains dries everything up, and there is a bigger water crunch faced by the whole city. So you can understand why we are all advising you to install this rainwater harvesting plant. Its not just your own good, but also for the good of your city.

Manikandan Swami, Coimbatore

31st July 2014

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No no, don’t even think of not installing the rainwater harvestor. The corporation are coming down very hard on whoever has not installed it. Thing is there is still some water supply problems in Coimbatore. Till now some residents don’t get regular water supply. So the corporation wants us to harvest the rainwater, and not depend completely on the corporation’s water supply, which is extremely unreliable. Its for your own good only, so don’t think about the investment cost right now. It will come in handy in the future for sure.

Sandhya Prasad, Coimbatore

30th July 2014

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