Wakel River Basin Project case study

Question 1

Describe Taankas.

What issues does it help solve?

What are the potential issues?

Answer 1

• underground storage systems, 3-4 metres deep
• collect water from rooves to store underground
• help for drier months
• easy to collect
• water may not be clean

Question 2

Describe a Johed.

What issues does it help solve?

What are the potential issues?

Answer 2

• small earth dams which capture rainwater
• 5 rivers which used to dry up now flow all year
• farmers and people can get water decreasing starvation in summer months
• hardly rains in Rajasthan so there won’t be enough

Question 3

Describe the Pat Irrigation Systems.

What issues does it help solve?

What are the potential issues?

Answer 3

• small dam which diverts streams into farmers’ fields
• farmers take it in turns to use them
• produce food for themselves and villagers
• create a more stable income
• corruption
• rising tensions

Question 4

Describe increasing public awareness.

What issues does it help solve?

What are the potential issues

Answer 4

• educate people to work together to conserve water
• increase their supples
• people may not listen
• may not want to cut down their use of water

Question 5

Where will the Wakel River Basin Project be based?

Answer 5

• Rajasthan, North West India

Question 6

Describe the area where it’s based?

Answer 6

• driest and poorest part of India
• largely covered by Thar desert
• summer temps reach 53*
• rainfall is less than 250mm per year
• 46% of rain falls between June and September

Question 7

Why is clean water supply an issue here?

Answer 7

no water supply so had to find rivers which could be dirty

Question 8

What problems do people face?

Answer 8

travel for miles to find and collect water for crop, cattle and family

Question 9

What technique to improve the issue of walking for miles is used?

Answer 9

built a well underground and installed a pipe system to reach all the homes