Use rainwater to meet crisis: Experts
Rainwater can be a potential alternative source for tackling acute water crisis faced by rural and urban people, said experts yesterday.
Store and reuse of rainwater will also help costal people tackle issue of salinity and reduce excessive pressure on groundwater, which is the major source of drinking water, they said.
The observation came at the inaugural session of a three-day convention titled "Bangladesh convention on rainwater harvesting" organised by WaterAid, Bangladesh with the assistance of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Institute of Water Modeling, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), and Rain Forum at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital.
The country is facing acute water crisis amidst rapid urbanisation and industrialisation, climate change impacts and fast depleting groundwater level, experts said.
Rainwater harvesting can be a way to reduce this crisis, said Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen.
Dinesh Gunawardena, minister of water supply and drainage of Sri Lanka, Dr Md Khairul Islam, country representative of Water Aid, Bangladesh, and Suresh Kumar Rohilla, programme director of Urban Water Management, CSE, India, also spoke.
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