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used for irrigation in Uttar Pradesh, Indigenous Ways of Water Conservation

Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. in India
In the northern part of India, the people 1. Traditional
irrigate their fields through canals. Water

Harvesting

Structures
2. Water

Management
Practices A step well

3. Crop diversity and Rotation

4. Traditional Knowledge of Watersheds
Rainwater irriga on
Drinking Water 5. Water Conservation in Cultural
Practices
Drinking water should be clean. Dirty
6. Community-based Water Governance
water can make us ill. In villages, people
use wells and hand pumps for drinking
water. In towns and cities people drink tap

water. Tap water travels a long distance
Collec ng rainwater that falls on the roofs
before it reaches our homes. At the water of houses and storing it in tanks on or

works department, the water is cleaned under the ground through drainage pipes,
and made safe for drinking and then it is is called rainwater harves ng.
pumped to our homes.

Words to Know

various: many, different

originate: to come from a par cular place or source.
canals: man-made water channels for farming or supplying water

irriga on: the prac ce of supplying land with water so that crops and plants will
grow

Wind-up

• Almost three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is covered with water.
• Rain is the main source of water.

• Most of the rivers in India originate from the Himalayas.
• Dams are called multipurpose projects as they help us in many ways.

• Drinking water should be clean.

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