Design of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Tank for Katpadi Region, Tamil Nadu

International Journal of Civil Engineering

© 2015 by SSRG - IJCE Journal

Volume 2 Issue 7

Year of Publication : 2015

Authors : Shubham Jain, Pankaj Thakur, Siddharth Singh, Mehul Srivastava

10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V2I7P102

How to Cite?

Shubham Jain, Pankaj Thakur, Siddharth Singh, Mehul Srivastava, "Design of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Tank for Katpadi Region, Tamil Nadu," SSRG International Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 2,  no. 7, pp. 6-8, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23488352/IJCE-V2I7P102

Abstract:

Rainwater harvesting introduced in Tamil Nadu in 2001, by the State Govt., has had substantial influence on the availability of drinking water for the people. It has been implemented on more than 95% of the households and other commercial buildings in the state. In this study an attempt has been made to study the design of roof top rainwater harvesting tank for Katpadi region Vellore district of Tamil Nadu. Based on the rainfall and population density data of the year 2014, the design parameters for the rain water harvesting system have been developed and thus an optimum tank size has been determined. Study reveals that an optimum tank size of 23 m 3 is sufficient for the maximum storage of rainwater water during the dry season.

Keywords:

Catchment Area, Rain Water Harvesting, Roof top, Runoff

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