https://www.pitara.com/tags/water-harvesting/Recent content in Water Harvesting on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-water-harvesting/Fri, 09 May 2003 05:03:49 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/what-is-water-harvesting/<p>Come summer and the entire nation seems to have just one word on its lips – water. Year 2000 saw one of the worst summers recorded in the history of India. The drought in the state of Gujarat and Rajasthan was the worst in decades.</p> <p>Fresh water, they say is a scarce resource. Is it?</p> <p>During the monsoons every year, we allow huge amounts of fresh water to run off our roads and pavements into the drains where it mixes with the sewage and heads straight for the rivers where we dump waste. Did you know that this rain water is enough to see us through the summers?</p>