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The 15 pits have exponentially recharged the groundwater levels of the JRN colony as well as the neighbouring ones, conserving lakhs of litres of rainwater. Best part? Per pit costed not more than Rs 7,000.

What’s more? Water aerators installed on school taps reduces water wastage by 60 per cent!

A normal faucet releases about 10 litres of water every minute. Leaving it on for a couple of minutes is wasting enough water to wash your day's utensils, watering your plants or your day's quota of water intake!

Having installed six of these innovative 'inverted umbrellas,' the Guntakal railway station now has the capacity to store 60,000 litres of water used to not just clean the station, but also to recharge the groundwater table!

A long-term solution to water scarcity, this low-maintenance system costs just Rs 7,000. And the best part? It doesn't just recharge the groundwater table, it also prevents water from stagnating in the locality! #ChennaiWaterCrisis #SaveWater #CitizenAction

What’s more? Sundaram Verma from Sikar district has also saved seven lakh litres of rainwater in just a couple of days!

Ajit Gokhale's reed bed system can be installed anywhere, from housing societies and educational institutions to companies and villages. Its capacity to treat water? From as low as 500 litres/day to 15,00,000 litres and even more!

With filtration layers of river pebbles, charcoal and fine sand, N Arunachalam conserves thousands of litres of water that meets the drinking and cooking demands of his family every year

As apartment dwellers everywhere are finding out this summer, India's cities have begun to run out of water. Here are five question you should ask the builder before investing your hard-earned money!