Dear Nitya Jacob,
A Shannon Dam is a self-Operating Open or Shut gate which is used extensively
in small irrigation canals/Rivers/Streams--may be nowhere in India.
No Power Supply-no operator- no Consumables. Works and works-- never tires.
Can be fabricated from
-- you have to dam all rivers simply at 1m elevation differences
with Shannon Dams-
*** Is this an engineered solution to ALL water problems? A panacea?
What happens to these rivers silted up by damming like this?
What happens to all the low lying farm areas and homesteads , when
the vast
Groundwater in India is the life line for Indian agriculture and formeeting
the rural drinking water needs. Over the years surface waterbased sources have
become unreliable due to preferential transfer ofsurface water to urban cities
Dear Nitya Jacob,
May I add a few thoughts to your well
