Importance facts of water
Fresh water is probably the most important resource in the world since it is required for :
Sustenance of human life - physiological processes,sanitation Agriculture activities - metabolic processes for food production,evaporative cooling of earth
Industrial needs - Heat transfer processes, chemical reactions, nuclear fusion power The volume of business associated with the production and usage of water in india is probably the third largest industrial business next to steel and petroleum which incidentally are also the largest ccustomers for water.
The per capita consumption of water for health and sanitation need is:
India Rural 7-20 tons/year
Urban 10-50 tons/year
Average 15 tons/year
USA 200 tons / year
Sources of water
All of the water supplies at present come from precipitation which averages 115cm of water over the entire 806 million acres of india.This is compared with 75 cm average for the USA. The rainfall is largely confined to a period of 2-3 months during the monsoons except in the northwestern region of the Himalayan mountains where the snows of winter gradually melt throughout the remainder of the year. This predominant highly seasonable rainfall requires storage reservoirs such as dams to aid in levelling surface flow throughout the year.
Fresh water is probably the most important resource in the world since it is required for :
Sustenance of human life - physiological processes,sanitation Agriculture activities - metabolic processes for food production,evaporative cooling of earth
Industrial needs - Heat transfer processes, chemical reactions, nuclear fusion power The volume of business associated with the production and usage of water in india is probably the third largest industrial business next to steel and petroleum which incidentally are also the largest ccustomers for water.
The per capita consumption of water for health and sanitation need is:
India Rural 7-20 tons/year
Urban 10-50 tons/year
Average 15 tons/year
USA 200 tons / year
Sources of water
All of the water supplies at present come from precipitation which averages 115cm of water over the entire 806 million acres of india.This is compared with 75 cm average for the USA. The rainfall is largely confined to a period of 2-3 months during the monsoons except in the northwestern region of the Himalayan mountains where the snows of winter gradually melt throughout the remainder of the year. This predominant highly seasonable rainfall requires storage reservoirs such as dams to aid in levelling surface flow throughout the year.
