wake river basin management

where is the wake river basin

north India in Rajasthan it is the driest region of India with low rain fall and high evaporation rates

lack of clean water has created two main problems

water extraction isn’t regulated so many villages have over extracted supplies and a lack of groundwater can lead to problems such as salinisation of the soil or water logging

crops can’t be irrigated fully because clean water supplies are low and some wells are becoming more salty leading to crop failures which will impact the food security

Taankas

concrete container underground for water collected from roofs

good because concrete created a cool storage so water isn’t lost through evaporation

bad because producing concrete releases carbon dioxide

education

creating awareness of protecting clean water supplies reducing waste and not extracting too much water