Portal:Water Technologies

The water technologies portal illustrates a selection of smart water technologies that aid in accessing, cleaning, transporting, storing, or using water. We are working on making this portal comprehensive to contain full explanations on how to implement these technologies, complete with lots of reference manuals and links.

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Sources &
Recharge

Rainwater Harvesting Stormwater Harvesting and Management Surface and Groundwater Sources Surface water Groundwater recharge Ground Catchment Groundwater access Drilling or digging

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Water Lifting
Devices

Bucket and basket lifts Household and community pumps - Shallow, 0-20m Household and community pumps - Medium, 20-50m Household and community pumps - Deep, 50-100m Powered pumps 85px link=http://akvopedia.org/wiki/Gravity-powered Gravity-powered Irrigation pumps

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Treatment &
Testing

HWTS - Chemical HWTS - Filtration HWTS - Physical CT - Chemical CT - Filtration CT - Physical Testing Commercial treatment and testing systems Centralized treatment

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Storage &
Distribution

Elevated storage tanks Surface level tanks Below ground tanks Natural storage basins Distribution Solar water heater tank Suranga

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Productive
Use

Surface irrigation Bucket / Farm kits and Drum systems Localized irrigation Finger pond Spirulina farming Pond farming Tilapia farming Contour ridges

Acknowledgements

• Original Water Portal with more images and resources is on Akvopedia.org.