Kaladera Village / COMPLETE

February 1, 2021

PROGRAM COMPLETE

Funded: 681,692.56 INR ($8.2K)

Big congratulations to the 14 committee members of Kaladera Village, The Chaubundy printer's studio, Meeta of Bindaas Unlimited, as well as the entire printer's community of Kaladera Village. Jaipur. Rajasthan

Krishan Kumar, Kalawati Devi, Rajesh Nagar, Gordhan Lai, Mohan Lai, Ummed Singh, Mohan Lal Chhipa, Santosh Devi, Fulchand Sharma, Sharad Sharma, Shrikishan, Suresh Kumar and Meeta Mastani.

"We hope this small but big impact will inspire local and global communities engage in cross-collaborations. We must join forces in today's urgency and importance of water management and conservation, the positive impact in the health and livelihoods, the benefits of natural dyes vs synthetic dyes combating pollution and degradation. Replenishing more than is extracted, while sending a message to industry and world leaders that our future wellbeing relies on building Climate Change resilience with the knowledge, decision making & stewardship of communities around the world " - Mireia Lopez of BBCP

Introduction

The Kaladera Project is a community based program that implements rainwater harvesting, recycling and groundwater recharge systems in Kaladera Village

Kaladera is a Village in Govindgarh Tehsil in Jaipur District of Rajasthan State, India. It is located 41 Km towards North from Jaipur

Drought is the most frequent disaster recurring in Rajasthan, pumping groundwater at a faster rate than it can be recharged can have some negative effects of the environment, people's health and livelihoods, it can lead to dry wells, especially during droughts. Other negative effects of groundwater depletion includes deterioration of water quality.

Fresh water is not only essential to food security, health and sanitation but the continuation craft, culture and traditional livelihoods.

The Kaladera project is guided by; Tejaram ji, the Founder of local community based group and implementation partner Manthan Sanstha, Kotri.

Manthan is a nonprofit organization based in rural area of Ajmer district, Rajasthan. It was started in 1998, prior to which it was a field centre (1981-1997) for the Social Work and Research Centre (SWRC) at Barefoot College, Tilonia. Manthan works on diverse local issues related to Sustainable Development along with empowering marginalized and excluded communities in 120 villages of Ajmer and Nagaur districts, Rajasthan, India.

Participants: Krishna Kumar Chhia, Suresh Kumar Chhipa, Phoolchand Sharma, Mohan Lal Chippa, Sharad Sharma, Pappu Lal, Badrinarayan Kumawat (Kaladera), Tejaramji, Goverdhan lal, Ummed Singh (Manthan Kotdi)

On 14^th February 2021, a meeting at Raghunath Mandir, Chhipa Mohalla, Kaladera, was held with community involved in printing and coloring. The purpose of meeting was to conserve and recycle the wastewater generated during printing and coloring through recharge well. Firstly, a visit was undertaken by Manthan team to understand the situation and explore available options. Thereafter, a meeting was organized at the temple.

There are 10 units covering 100 families involved in printing/coloring, out of which 30 families are from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.

It was decided after discussion with everyone that waste water generated as a result of natural printing/coloring can be recycled and reused through a recharge well. Additionally, the water flow from the roof can also be channeled through pipes in the same recharge well for reuse. For this water conservation system a small well will be constructed with sedimentation tank and drains for outflow of water. There was unanimous agreement for the proposed system and everyone requested to get this done at the earliest !

What we have done: Phase I

Created a recharge well to receive all the filtered wastewater from the wash tanks currently generated during natural printing back into the ground, in two different locations in Kaladera, at Chaubundy private studio land, and Kaladera community land.

Given that 1 wash tank uses 10,000-15,000L of water x day, both units are now saving a total of 7.3M L of water x year.

Based on an average annual rainfall 520 mm, we estimated that these two simple initiatives phase 1 and 2 will harvest approximately 8.3M L in total of water a year. Water currently used for watering plants & washing textiles and domestic use.

What we have done: Phase 2

Connecting surrounding rooftops in order to harvest rainwater, including the tin shed, to a sedimentation tank and a well in the Chaubundi studio land.

It is estimated that adding rooftops connections will have the potential to direct 500,000 L x year to the ground, otherwise lost in runoff along the surface.

The rooftops are connected to a 100,000 litre cement storage tank, the overflow from this will be directed to the same recharge well that receives the recycled water from the washing of printed textiles.

The calculation is based on an average annual rainfall 520 mm and a total catchment area (roof area) is 20,000 sq ft

Lab testing water as ongoing basis to reassess water quality and adjust filtering systems

Ongoing water sample lab testing includes: