Thank you King - yes, over the years all homes have implemented. We have more than 80% coverage in our area today. I have learnt it takes one person to make that change. Agree to your recommendation - even if one starts and others will follow.

Frankly I learnt from others. There is a smart way of 'doing it yourself' in the video here - you can jump to 3:26 min in the video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8lzqtKZ1Ziolok.html. This could be a good start to get it done in 30 mins for less than 2K

Yes exactly you are 100% right

If an adult filming is around i think not to dangerous...

The sump has a 6K ltr capacity. My neighbours have implemented with a 3K ltr sump. So capcity is dependent on the number of persons at home. The sump may cost between 30K to 50K based on the capacity, and the piping, fitting and filter can add upto 11K to 15K. The filter is washable/re-usable. The water quality coming out of the filter has not degraded over time.

agree madam, we have to agree to define the citizenship as 'owning and solving some part of the societies problem, and not contributing to the problem'. I have to thank my neighbours who were among the first to install this in our area

agree! i was distracted when making the video. Need to be more responsible.

They are facing now

agree my friend, each of us need to agree to define the citizenship as 'owning and solving some part of the societies problem, and not contributing to the problem'. I have to thank my neighbours who were among the first to install this in our area. Best wishes to everyone...

korrectu saar, cauvery neeru kudilla andre, kannada maathaadbaarda!!? oppiddeeni... thidd-koltheeni...

Yes Mr. Lokesh. I was not careful there

Agree, and very nicely articulated in your comment. The practice we have, and the usage: 1. First rain of the season: Do not capture this, let this wash out the dust and soil from the catchment area (typically the terrace) 2. The collected water in the underground tank (sump) is pumped to a over-head tank. The water in the over-head tank supplies into the bath-room/geyser/sinks in the house. The water inlet into the kitchen is given to an aqua-guard UV light. Water from the UV treated is stored in small SS tank in the kitchen that fairly is filled every morning for kitchen use. It is in use this way for about 9yrs now. All doing well, and we may have kept some money in our pocket left after paying for the water bill.;)

Yes, the filter in the blackbox has to be washed once in a while, also there is a drain vent in the filter to keep the filter free from water and mould formation during non-rain season. If in Bangalore please go to chickpet, but any store that sells hardware will have PVC pipes, and the related valves to operate the water flow. A plumber is a good start, this is not a DYI project

@@emailtomachi ok

Great Mr. Niranjan Prasad. Please popularize rainwater harvesting system in your area. Thank you.

@@emailtomachi nice comment. Please popularize rainwater harvesting in your area.

Is there any problem of mosquitoes and insects in rain water storage ?

Exactly what I was thinking

If the tank is filled up; you have had a fantastic yield. Depending on the number of folks in the household, you may have water for upto two weeks. Please pat your back and everyone in the household for such responsibility in water management. But to your question - what happens to water coming in? 1. You can use the 'red lever' on the filter to make the water drain out with the cut-off vaulve built into the filter. 2. You may not be home when it rains so water flows off the lid in the sump. The ball valve is for the corporation supplied water. In case the sump is full it will automatically stop the corporation water coming into the sump.

Yes, the collected water in the underground tank (sump) is pumped to a over-head tank. The water in the over-head tank supplies into the bath-room/geyser/sinks in the house. The water inlet into the kitchen is given to an aqua-guard UV light. Water from the UV treated is stored in small SS tank in the kitchen that fairly is filled every morning for kitchen use. It is in use this way for about 9yrs now. All doing well, and we may have kept some money in our pocket left after paying for the water bill.

A plumber is where I got started. I am sure the filters today (the black-box) have improved and you should be able to source better ones. Overall the yield has been extremely good for a home on a 60x40 plot

1. First rain of the season: Do not capture this, let this wash out the dust and soil from the catchment area (typically the terrace) 2. The rain drain pipes from the terrace are all connected into a bigger diameter PCV pipe to bring multiple outlets from the terrace into a single conduit 3. This single conduit is the fed as inlet into the filter (the black thinkg) 4. The outlet from the filter is flowing into the sump (the outlet runs underground before reaching the sump in the video) 5. The little stream running out is a 'excess flow' think of this as the weight that releases the steam in a pressure cooker. 6. The collected water in the underground tank (sump) is pumped to a over-head tank. The water in the over-head tank supplies into the bath-room/geyser/sinks in the house. The water inlet into the kitchen is given to an aqua-guard UV light. Water from the UV treated is stored in small SS tank in the kitchen that fairly is filled every morning for kitchen use. It is in use this way for about 9yrs now. All doing well, and we may have kept some money in our pocket left after paying for the water bill.

yes we can

Agree! I have come short of my responsibility there. The water sump/tank today has a stain-less steel cover. Avoids rusting of the cast-iron lid, that is typically used by contractors

This is not a DIY project. Please start with a plumber. The plumber can recommend the filters too. There is one available from Amazon here: www.amazon.in/s?k=Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment&ref=nb_sb_noss

I had to hire a plumber to get this completed as we re-routed the water-drain pipes from the terrace. This cost us 11K including the water filter (~4K). There is a very smart way another family have done, and a video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8lzqtKZ1Ziolok.html (jump to 3:26) They have done it by themselves, and you can start with this. The filter can be ordered online as well here: www.amazon.in/Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment

thank you for the information sir.

appears the link on amazon is broken - you will need to search for "rainway rainwater filter" on the azmaon.in website, and pick the filter that has the capacity to meet your needs

I had to hire a plumber to get this completed as we re-routed the water-drain pipes from the terrace. This cost us 11K including the water filter (~4K). There is a very smart way another family have done, and a video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8lzqtKZ1Ziolok.html (jump to 3:26) They have done it by themselves, and you can start with this. In my opinion, this should cost you less than 2K. The filter can be ordered online as well here: www.amazon.in/Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment

www.amazon.in/s?k=Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment&ref=nb_sb_noss on amazon, to my judgement this is better than the one seen in the video

There are better filters today: www.amazon.in/s?k=Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment&ref=nb_sb_noss The water jet from the filter is a way to regulate the extreme flow into the filter. Think of it as a 'pressure release' in a cooker

www.amazon.in%2FRainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment is a better one

thanks, but the link is not working

@@alexthemani ​ sorry about that. You will need to search for "rainway rainwater filter" on the azmaon.in website, and pick the filter that has the capacity to meet your needs. Good luck!

@@emailtomachi Thanks buddy

Shameless me! Have taken a year and more to respond. Happy to respond here now. Suggestions: 1. Get a plumber to assess, 2. Source the filter from citi-market (bangalore)

The sump is water proofed with cement. The one we have is more than 20yrs, this is about 3 feet away from the building foundation

Better filters available here. The one we used is not marketed any longer. There are other options at about 4K: www.amazon.in/s?k=Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment. I expect the total cost to be between 11K to 15K, given that you have the sump ready.

The child has grown up now

The filter (black-box) has a valve operation that does the cut-off. But if it is raining when you are at work, you cannot operate that, and the water overflows from the sump/tank

Sure, its a way one wants to interpret the harvest. One way to harvest is by consuming directly by storing, or via bore-well by charging the ground water table. Agree with you, some of the folks in my area have implemented to charge the bore-well rather than consuming directly. Maybe that is a better option as you say.

I had to hire a plumber to get this completed as we re-routed the water-drain pipes from the terrace. This cost us 11K including the water filter (~4K). There is a very smart way another family have done, and a video is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8lzqtKZ1Ziolok.html (jump to 3:26) They have done it by themselves, and you can start with this. The filter can be ordered online as well here: www.amazon.in/Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment

1. We drain out the first rain (do not store into the sump) This will clean out the dust and other dirt like leaf etc from the roof, which is your catchment area. 2. This water from the sump is filtered via the Ultra-Violet water purifier before consumption. We are consuming the same water for drinking and cooking! 3. There will be many questions that come when we want to change our existing and accepted system. So take a slow and measured approach - the lady(ies) of the house should be convinced, if not this can be a failed out-come!

Wow! You are absolute champion. 30, 000 liters is 5 times what we have - that is an olympic size swimming pool. Good luck. I had to hire a plumber to get this completed as we re-routed the water-drain pipes from the terrace. This cost us 11K including the water filter (~4K). The filter we used is no longer marketed. You will need a different filter type if your inflow into the 30K storage is from a large catchment. But you have a mega project on hand. Wish you the very best Mr. Raja!

My hearty congratulations @atharjb in starting off on the Nobel way of living alongside nature. To ward off smell and over loading filter. I have allowed the first two rains to drain off (do not store) and on further rains, store and then take the stored water through UV and active charcoal filtering (aquaguard). The known way to remove any smell in water is to make it run through active charcoal. See if such option/hack is there in the filter you are employing

@@emailtomachi thank you so much for your advice :) next time I'll store rainwater after 1-2 times of rain and I'm sure that will alleviate the problem. Love from Pakistan

6K+ ltrs

You have a very valid concern Chobaca! The way we have addressed this is to drain out the first rain (do not store into the sump) This will clean out the dust and other dirt like leaf etc from the roof, which is your catchment area. 2. This water from the sump is filtered via the Ultra-Violet water purifier before consumption. We are consuming the same water for drinking and cooking! 3. There will be many questions that come when we want to change our existing and accepted system. So take a slow and measured approach - the lady(ies) of the house should be convinced, if not this can be a failed out-come! Happy wife! Happy Life! yeah?! :)

Very good question This water is not for drinking but many other uses like laundry toilet or washing dishes etc

Oh that's odd. Possible reasons: 1 There are some rains that has that odour in the rain itself. So let the flush out - do not store such 2 The terrace where the rain water is captured is home to birds, cats and rodents during non-rain seasons. So get that cleaned at minimum before season.Ideally one should let the first rain flush out without storing. 3 The sump tank too can contribute to smell due to algae formation within the sump. Get this cleaned every 3 months. Use Potassium permanganate 0.01% if possible. This acts as bactericidal keeping it cleaner and possibly odor free.

can be done by any plumber. Filters (the blackbox) available in citi-market (

www.amazon.in/Rainway-Rainwater-Filter-1500-Catchment/dp/B0719WGNYQ/ref=pd_aw_sbs_60_2/258-5621870-0792343?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0719WGNYQ&pd_rd_r=633b3583-641b-11e9-9e25-d3639f2cda45&pd_rd_w=xaASL&pd_rd_wg=EXfxb&pf_rd_p=63c1de64-9042-46f2-a496-45aac45f609f&pf_rd_r=JN8D9RRKA3EWXRJB5H46&psc=1&refRID=JN8D9RRKA3EWXRJB5H46

A typical monsoon rain will give 8K ltr and more yield. 6K storage should suffice for a week to a household.

@@emailtomachi may i know how much money to build this

@@somasekhararaom I spent 11K including the filter (4K). If you need to dig out a storage (sump), that can jump the cost all the way to 50K!!