Annually over 35 million litres of rainwater have been collected in the under ground tanks constructed by barefoot architects in 700 schools and 250 rural community centres across the country where the Barefoot College has replicated its

Tradtional low cost technique using for collecting rainwater for last many centuries in the Thar Desert of India.

Single phase

The project sustainability depends on the degree and extent of the involvement of the community where the school is locate. No. RWH strucutre can be constructed without contribution from the community. This contribution has to be commited before the project begins in the village. Where RWH strucutres have been constructed in villages in India communities have contributed raw materials, voluntary labour, transportation of material with the result that nearly 20-25% of the total cost of RWH structure.

Local people are trained to construct RWH strucutres in local material. It is an alternative of local income generation source and provision of sweet drinking water and sanitation.

In the remote inaccessible villages where schools, health and community centres are located especially in hilly,drought prone, tribal, coastal and desert regions where community involvement and contribution would be instantly forthcoming rooftop rainwater harvesting fro drinking and sanitation is the only solution.