Comments on: Rain Water Harvesting http://www.vikasrikhye.com/2008/05/10/rain-water-harvesting/ Realtor,Real Estate Blogger and Real Estate Promoter Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:12:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Rtn Pradeep kumar http://www.vikasrikhye.com/2008/05/10/rain-water-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-8585 Rtn Pradeep kumar Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.vikasrikhye.com/2008/05/10/rain-water-harvesting/#comment-8585 I am a Rotarian and would like to take up Rain water harvesting in a big way. I am a Rotarian and would like to take up Rain water harvesting in a big way.

]]> By: Ayesha Lakhani http://www.vikasrikhye.com/2008/05/10/rain-water-harvesting/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Ayesha Lakhani Fri, 16 May 2008 11:24:56 +0000 http://www.vikasrikhye.com/2008/05/10/rain-water-harvesting/#comment-470 “Lack of safe water and adequate sanitation is the world’s single largest cause of illness,” it says, and “can spread such diseases as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis, polio, trachoma and tapeworms — many of which can be fatal to people in the developing world.” And there are other water-associated diseases, such as malaria and filariasis, that affect vast populations worldwide. Malaria alone kills more than one million people every year. The UN warns that increased urbanisation is also placing an enormous strain on existing water and sanitation infrastructure. “Lack of safe water and adequate sanitation is the world’s single largest cause of illness,” it says, and “can spread such diseases as diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, typhoid, hepatitis, polio, trachoma and tapeworms — many of which can be fatal to people in the developing world.”

And there are other water-associated diseases, such as malaria and filariasis, that affect vast populations worldwide. Malaria alone kills more than one million people every year.

The UN warns that increased urbanisation is also placing an enormous strain on existing water and sanitation infrastructure.

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