Work Implementation :
This project consist of Holiday Home/Training Centre accommodating nearly thirty persons in eight suites, training hall, kitchen-dining lounge facilities. The structure is designed in R.C.C. with sloping roof channels collecting rain water from roof, with brick walls cladded with stone. Each unit is consisting of two guest rooms and attached toilets. The building is so designed to take maximum advantage of the panoramic view and gushing cool wind with maximum wide openings towards west, at the same time, levels are so designed that the privacy is maintained inside the rooms, as well as stored water from tanks and also treated water flow with gravity without any mechanical means by using the site levels to its maximum advantage by doing minimum cutting and filling.

Process - 1 :
In this project the water is collected during the monsoon from roof channels through down take pipes. Before taking the water into the tanks, it is filtered and then allowed to enter in to the basement. For first seven days of the monsoon, the rain water is not taken into the tank as it cleans the roof. The said water is allowed to drain off the hill slopes. After cleaning of the roof, water is allowed to enter into the basement tanks which takes about seven to fifteen days to fill these under ground primary water storage tanks. The capacity of the tanks are worked out considering the occupancy all throughout the year.

 

Process - 2 :
The water from these primary tanks is used for consumption, bathing and for cooking and also hot water with the help of solar energy.

Process - 3 :
The used bath and kitchen water is collected again in secondary tank, filtered & reused in toilets for flushing.

Process - 4 :
The used toilet water is again collected in tertiary tank and filtered and used for gardening.

Process - 5 :
The water surplus after filling the underground tanks, which is put into the well, can be used after treatment for special purposes like swimming pool, landscaping or even for use of additional people. MOREOVER SINCE THE WATER TABLE IN THIS VICINITY INCREASED, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD VILLAGE STARTED GETTING WATER TO THEIR WELLS EVEN SUMMER MONTHS OF MARCH, APRIL, MAY WAS THE REAL ACHIEVEMENT.

Post Scenario :
It has set an example motivated everybody to rejuvenate the old concept of storing rain water in the basement of structure. Recycle, recover, reduce / conserve the water and by minimizing discharges to control the pollution. Water recycling has reduce the requirement of fresh water by nearly 60% . It is easy to implement and provides an insurance against water scarcity and conserve precious water resource and protect the environment.

In this project the water is collected during the monsoon from roof and stored in the basement/under ground primary water storage tanks which are filled in first three weeks, to next three months it is stored, percolated in a charging well on hill top. The capacity of the tanks are worked out considering the occupancy all throughout the year. The water from these primary tanks is used for consumption, bathing and for cooking and also hot water with the help of solar energy. The used bath and kitchen water is collected again in secondary tank, filtered reused in toilets for flushing. The used toilet water is again collected in tertiary tank and filtered and used for gardening. Thus the water is recycled thrice, which minimizes the water requirement by almost 60%, helps in keeping the size of the under ground tanks smaller, in proportion to the entire structure, by maximizing the use of structural foundation components in the form of basement/ underground tanks.

Using roof water minimizes the chances of water getting polluted as it happens in normal system and thus stops any dangerous deceases spread or epidemics. It is like every house having its own well in its compound. This stored water is also useful during the emergencies like outbreaks of fire, wars i.e. when municipal water supply is in danger of being cut-off, which was observed in Iraq, Israel recently

Special Feature :
Normally,   hill acts   as   a   huge   sponge, which stores the rain water in   the monsoon and gives away this   water   in other seasons. If this water runs off swiftly   over   steep slopes and does not percolate in the hill mass, it is   of no use.   But after filling of basements if   it is   stopped,   stored   and   allowed   to percolate   in the soil mass through charging well effectively in the   monsoon,   then the   same water is used in the remaining seasons   very effectively for other purposes.

Inputs & Outputs :
This concept   is used effectively in this project,   by   channelizing the   over flow of roof water after filling the tanks   into the newly dug well for more than three months, which charged the   entire hill mass with the water and thus increased   the water table   in the vicinity.

Cost Benefits :
On the hill top, Costliest picturous land which was non developable is made developable, which has increased the land cost of this plot and also of plots around which is in many folds compared to actual cost. The cost of harvesting Tanks   is one time investment. THE BEST PART IS SUPPLY OF TANKER WATER  COST  IS SAVED OF WHICH VALUE IS UNCOUNTABLE

SUSTAINABITY
The 'SANSKRIT SHLOKA' says,

The 'SANSKRIT SHLOKA1 says,
Which means the way mother feeds milk to her child, these hills of mother earth feeds water to human beings, in scientific language this hills soak water like sponge in the monsoon for four months and give away the soaked water for remaining eight months and quench the thrust of humans, animals, nature.

Scope of Replication :
All these concepts mentioned above can also be used effectively in the cities, where the water is scarce or the existing water can be used for additional population/industries which brings golden equilibrium or balance of development and its environment

Awareness Generated :
This work was Awarded by JIIA for excalance in Architecture. Many Architects used this theme all through out India and abroad. I have lectured more than 300 places including T. V., Radio, Colleges, LIT. School etc. lakhs of people are now aware of this.