Project : JSW, Bellary

Rain Water Harvesting and Recharge

Total site area
=
259,898.34 m2
Total Yearly Rainfall
=
949.40 mm
No. of Rainy days/ y
=
34.20
Heaviest Rainfall
=
162.30 mm in 24 hrs - 21 May, 1940
Total plan area
=
31,121.43 m2
Open area
=
96,723.30 m2
Water demand for Irrigation
20,000 lit/acre/day
Q = (Intensity of rainfall x area x impermeability factor)/ 1000
Impermeability fact
0.90
for terrace area
0.60
for landscape area

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No.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Month

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Landscape
Roof water
Runoff water
Rainfall in
No. of
for
for
mm
Rainy Days Harvesting
Harvesting
(m3/ month)
(m3/ month)
Q1
Q2
2.70
0.20
75.63
156.69
7.20
0.50
201.67
417.84
4.40
0.40
123.24
255.35
46.30
3.00
1296.83
2686.97
119.60
7.00
3349.91
6940.86
80.60
6.40
2257.55
4677.54
110.20
8.30
3086.62
6395.34
137.00
10.00
3837.27
7950.66
194.80
9.30
5456.21
11305.02
180.40
9.00
5052.88
10469.33
64.50
4.00
1806.60
3743.19
22.10
1.70
619.01
1282.55
969.80
59.80

Therefore, capacity of Rain water collection

sump (water collected from Terrace runoff)
say

5456.21
3500.00

cum
cum

Therefore, capacity of Rain water collection

sump (water collected from Surface runoff)
say

11305.02
7300.00

cum
cum

Therefore, Total capacity of Rain water

collection sump

10800.00

cum

Total Capacity of Rain Water Collected =

1803.00

Volume of Water Required for Landscape

Area available for Landscape
Assumed volume of water required for landscape
Volume of water required for Landscape

= 23.90
= 20,000.00
= 478,000.00
= 478.00

cum/day

acre
ltrs/acre/day
ltrs/day
cum/day

Roof water
for
Harvesting
(m3/ day)
Q3
378.13
403.33
308.10
432.28
478.56
352.74
371.88
383.73
586.69
561.43
451.65
364.12

Landscape
Runoff
water for
Harvesting
(m3/ day)
Q4
783.46
835.69
638.37
895.66
991.55
730.87
770.52
795.07
1215.59
1163.26
935.80
754.44