Lady Brabourne College not only provides a clean and green environment to the students but also tries to sensitize them towards the need for a pollution free environment. The College has undertaken a project for Rain Water Harvesting in collaboration with ‘State Water Investigation Directorate, West Bengal’. With the initiative of the Department of Botany, the Project of Rs. 43 lakh in collaboration with State Water Investigation Directorate, Govt. of West Bengal has been successfully completed.

This project involves a roof-top rain water harvesting scheme for artificial recharge of ground water in the College campus. The main objective of this project is to increase the ground water reserve and reduce arsenic and salinity in the ground water through dilution. Rain water is collected from the rooftop of the College and Hostel buildings with the help of gutters and downspouts. These downspouts are channelized to lead the collected rain water up to a filter bed. The rain water is filtered and recharged to the nearest aquifer thereafter through a newly constructed bore well.

Rainwater harvesting and artificial recharge is the most suitable alternative to combat water scarcity.

• This has enabled the capturing, diverting, and storing of rainwater for later use.
• It has reduced demand on existing water supply, and has reduced run-off, erosion, and contamination of surface water.

The harvested rainwater can be used for nearly any purpose that requires water like gardening, etc.