‘Water Man of India’ Rajendra Singh

Stories like this give me so much hope that they’re starting to change my life. The ‘Water Man of India’ reminds me of the Miracle Water Village that we posted about last year and some other related ideas about Restoring Degraded Land. In every case, the ideas are very simple and yet surprisingly effective. Rajendra Singh rediscovered the ancient practice of building check dams to restore the aquifer. This simple method is turning wastelands into productive farmland and enabling rivers that were dry for decades to flow once again. The Guardian named him among its list of “50 people who could save the planet”.

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Low Cost Cistern

This is how Abe at Vela Creations.com recommends building a low cost cistern with an HDPE cistern liner.
This is how Abe at Vela Creations.com recommends building a low cost cistern with an HDPE cistern liner.

“A cistern liner is a flexible membrane, sometimes called a geomembrane. You can get them in PVC or EPDM.

Here’s a link to where we get our potable liners:
http://www.websweeper.com/liner/tank-liner/prices.php

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