Managed aquifer recharge is being promoted in the high barind area to halt the gradually declining ground water level. In the drought-prone area, people are now becoming more conscious to halt the alarming declining of ground water layer
Aquifer recharge activities are being done in household level side by side with various institutions and industries artificially. Shafiqul Islam, a farmer of Kadigram village under Kakonhat Pourasava in Godagari Upazila, has arranged aquifer recharge system in his house.
He is harvesting rainwater from around 3,000 square feet rooftop area of seven rooms through 4-inch diameter PVC pipe and conserving those in tank constructed with one-foot height and three-feet diameter six concrete ring slabs, reports BSS. Farmer Islam is using the conserved water for household purposes through a tap fixed in lower part of the tank. Surplus water is being conserved.
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