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While monsoon rains flood Indian cities and drain away unused, six college campuses are capturing every drop to fight water scarcity. Together, they're harvesting millions of litres yearly and raising groundwater levels by metres.
A Bengaluru resident turned his apartment's water crisis into a solution that's now saving hundreds of communities over $1,200 monthly. His low-cost rainwater harvesting system uses simple disc filters instead of expensive equipment, and he installs it for free.
A Bengaluru scientist designed his home to run entirely on harvested rainwater in 1995, and hasn't paid a water bill since. Now he's transforming how India's cities think about water.
While cities like Bengaluru face water crises, Mumbai resident Subhajit Mukherjee designed a rainwater harvesting system costing just Rs 2,500 that's now saving thousands of liters across schools and housing societies. His simple solution using PVC pipes and barrels is helping recharge groundwater throughout the city.