Sustainable Drainage System in Urban Areas

Abstract

Water is the gift of nature. Due to industrialization, urbanization and population explosion the requirement of water increases resulted in depletion of water resources. Now a day's water scarcity is a biggest issue throughout the globe. The country which has majority of water resources' will be the richest and most developed country in future. In this point of view two innovative techniques to improve ground water table in urban areas are discussed in this paper. One is modified percolation tank for individual house of the city and other is modified percolation manhole at storm drains within the city. As the cities are developed by constructing concrete roads and paving blocks the infiltration of rain water is restricted. Therefore, by using above mentioned innovative techniques the ground water recharge is possible without extra expenses and it will help to improve the ground water table in urban areas.