Application of Wind Power in Backwashing Filter Media

Water harvesting can solve many issues ranging from flooding to declining water table. It is also need of the hour looking at the water stress due to increase in demand and a reduction infiltration. Clogging of harvester is a limitation which needs to be addressed. If the water is brought to harvesting unit after proper sedimentation, the clogging time can be increased. Further amount of sedimentation depends on detention time in desilt chamber and also on flow velocities. A comparison of clogging time and area of desilt chamber shows a linear relationship. When we increase the area of desilt chamber, the TSS in harvested water is reduced and this increases the clogging time.