India's Water Revolution #6: Urban Mega-Drought Solutions

[@kumad21]

I know that woman... She was my batchmate in permaculture class, Aranya Alternatives Agriculture...🙏

[@shyamchander0884]

Ok

[@williamhad]

Ok

[@DirtyShishKabob]

Ok

[@jaym.4611]

ko

[@nevkarma]

planning on taking the course there!

[@aparnabhardwaj8500]

We salute this Lady, and her family, for those wonderful green actions. Her plans should be considered for urban implementation.

[@Curtisjackson501975]

Before 40 years, Chennai and Tamilnadu doesn't need any special ways to conserve water. It had 40000+ water bodies and proper drainage ways to conserve water. Credits to rulers of South India for the past 2000 years, particularly Cholas . Unfortunately, recent economic boom, avoiding encroachments for vote bank politics , unplanned executions, blocking of drainages and water inlets/outlets caused the unfortunate situation of Chennai now. I would just give one example of the lost lake right in the middle of the city in just a 60-70 odd years. It was called as "The Long Tank of Madras". It was about 9 kms in length and 2-3 kms in width. There is absolutely no trace of it now, only the road names like "Lake view road" exits to remember it, but without the lake today. Chennai water issue is Man Made and they are still losing many water bodies in the name of development. To keep is simple, Most of Chennai was built on Top of water bodies.

[@amillison]

Thanks Curtis. Very informative.

[@aruneshprasannasekar9038]

Yes it's true lakes are occupied by houses and every monsoon rainwater fills their houses

[@chiluxr250]

It was like that in North as well. Not only south India!. We had bawadi where women took matkas and got water from.

[@Bballbunny10]

Same with bangalore

[@poojan423]

Same with Bengaluru. It is known for its hundreds of ponds but they have been encroached and now it us causing flooding and poor urban planning is the biggest problem

[@albertsmith1032]

I can't remember how I came across this channel, but every time I watch the new video it just makes my heart sing with hope!

[@coffeemachtspass]

I love this series. It makes me excited to go look at my garden again.

[@godjango7849]

What did the elephant say the lion?

[@Lord.Dakshinamurthy]

@@godjango7849 you and i are the same :) 🔱

[@buhu446]

I think netflix should contact you to make this series available to a greater audience. I also have a request for a future video after his series: if you had a piece of land in a dry climate, how could you use it with the sole purpose of restoring the ground water table? I'm buying a piece of land soon and the only thing I want is to let things grow, not for harvesting but just an extra piece of nature. keep up the great work!

[@amillison]

From your lips to God's ears :-) Also, here is a video of Bill Mollison visiting some very old swales made in the Arizona desert that show how land is restored naturally when water harvesting structures are put into place: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXvcdnuaf7hsatU

[@solfeinberg437]

swales, ponds, food forest - hardy nitrogen fixing pioneers first if necessary. Date overstory? Is it temperate? Maybe dates are too tropical. Layers of trees - may as well plant them to food - yuou can have nature / relaxation / and food

[@Khan_moin99]

I have the Same goal!! May we have it achieved sooner.

[@aron8949]

I have 40 acres in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada. This is very helpful.

[@solfeinberg437]

I was in carson city and reno for awhile. I'm in TN now - it's much rainier but interesting to work in either.

[@willm5814]

Love this stuff 🇨🇦 everybody get on board! We can fix this tired old planet and the animals that live here!

[@beejonsahu9922]

Great said. 👌👍

[@samikshalohar6367]

Absolutely love the series! And Gayathri being the exact same sassy Gayathri, so so proud of you lady :)

[@Reno10bon]

My God! I love this documentary! I'm from Brasil, and my house is like that! Se has a lot of trees, water cistern, solar heater, and area to receive and percolate the rain water. I love this, that's a great solution to dry station and percolate water. Thank you very much! God bless you!

[@emilianomarquez1629]

¨You want me to show how a laundry stone works XD , I can do this¨ favorite part. And i love her garden. Thanks Andrew for another awesome vid. Keep them coming ;) I think I'd like to see a project somewhere where there's high jungles. Love from Mexico.

[@getpaul]

I died...lol

[@wduprevil]

I glad this clever woman has a water reservoir system in place where she can store water and survive. I'm not Indian, but grew up in a country where water scarcity is also a big problem. It looks like this woman is a well to do and her house has a very large roof surface. All the structures she was showing, the average person from Chennai might not be able to afford to do in their home.

[@David_Owsnett]

Gayathri is a very clever lady.

[@b_uppy]

THAT WAS AMAZING. Proves even in urban areas that permaculture techniques work.

[@islandsunset]

I wish all the homes in big cities plant trees and not tile their excess space, however small it maybe. This video gave me hope and inspired me. No matter how small, every drop and minor effort counts.

[@revanthganesh3808]

Absolutely right..I too thought the same

[@abelddamulira7817]

Thanks for this video cause for a very long time I've been wondering how I can transform my village in Uganda located in a semi arid area where there's no water. But now am well equipped with a lot of knowledge on how to do it after watching your video clips. Thanks very much.

[@jaredosullivan6967]

Andrew, I hope the farmers of Soth Africa's Western Cape are watching these videos. They've had terrible drought for many years.

[@PhiTonics]

Every time I hear your intro music on this series I get so jazzed!! 🤗

[@iolohammer]

in a world where more people would care, these videos would have millions of views because honestly, the work u people are doing can't be put into words

[@Peanutfry]

Such a well done series showcasing unique intelligent efforts! Thank you for your videos!

[@CharlesGann1]

Thank you so much. Have waited very excited to see this video. Wow Bill was so right. Embarrassingly simple!

[@transit-future]

Omg finally the next Episode!! Fixing water problem in the city with water autarchy is just absolutely awesome. I even envision buildings having water, electricity and waste water treatment autarchy, and the treated waste water could be used for the surrounding plants that grows. If this is done with all buildings, we don't need water, waste water and electricity networks anymore in the ground or above it.

[@NewArchipelago]

The way you make these videos is great! Having the maps and graphics makes it a lot more informative and easy to understand the concepts you're talking about. I think your channel has a lot of potential.. it's exactly what I was looking for anyway. I think it would be great if you could make content to promote and spread awareness of projects like this all over the world.

[@quinto190]

Massively smart planning of this urban property... very inspiring.

[@1Lightdancer]

What an inspiring glimpse into how much one family can do to mitigate climate change effects!

[@vishwanathpattanshetty563]

Thank you🙏🙏 your channel is educating so many people in the world, may your channel grow at a faster rate

[@EstebanZavalaF]

This is the best playlist on water catchment. Thank you for your amazing work!

[@amillison]

Thanks! I'm trying to make it pretty complete showing different types of structures and strategies. Next episode will introduce check dams and biological water wastewater treatment.

[@EstebanZavalaF]

@@amillison will wait for it. Im specializing on it, to make those structures on Mexico and commonly in my talks, i show your job. Since arizona video one im in love

[@amillison]

@@EstebanZavalaF Great to hear and keep up the good work!

[@GaiaCarney]

Thank You @amillison for creating & sharing this video series on India’s Water Revolution!

[@KhairulAnwar-mp8lo]

This is an awesome series. Thanks for your efforts.

[@venumadhavivudayagiri5180]

Thank you for your efforts that you put in to bring us such lovely positive stories of permaculture. Really appreciate!

[@GowthamRaghavanR]

Lemon tree died.. That's intense feel for her.. Good work guys!! Nice series.

[@rayfrens]

I hope someone responsible helps Capetown with its water problems...I have forwarded this to my friends and relatives there...hope they learn from these methods

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

Love this, thank you for loving the mother planet.

[@TWRider]

I like the little chuckle when she talks about the laundry stone.😀

[@oldbatwit5102]

It is marvellous to see how this rich woman manages to provide water for her family.

[@solfeinberg437]

Phonetically her name sounds like Gaia Tree - has anyone thought about this? It's perfect.

[@pinrayi7909]

Gayatri is a Devi- a goddess actually, but the way you are understanding Gaia means earth and tree means of course tree so, mother of trees, but in Indian language Gayatri is actually a goddess.

[@PS-ic4bp]

🤦‍♀️ ruining a perfectly beautiful and sacred name

[@1amarsandhu]

Gayatri is also Known as Saraswati She was associated with the River Saraswati which dried up almost two and a half millenia ago it was the most sacred river in Indian History more sacred than even the Ganges. She was the Goddess of Wisdom, Knowledge, Learning and the Arts. The most ancient pre Vedic Indian Civilisation is known as the Indus Valley Civilisation existed in between the Saraswati and Indus Rivers.

[@fab199105]

This is amazing. i'm convinced!

[@y234ych6]

I really like your channel. This information of saving the water and keeping our soil rich are something that we should focus on right now. I really do think that modern people have to know this kind of living which blend in with nature. Nature is a present and we come from it too. Thank you for educating me with this rich information.

[@michaelfoort2592]

This makes total sense. Something lacking in somewhat corrupt India.

[@vishwanathpattanshetty563]

It is better to gain knowledge than watching a movie for temporary satisfaction, thank you so much

[@bernieshort6311]

This series is outstandingly impressive and full of simple solutions to solve water scarcity. One thing I would like to know is: if everyone adopted this style of water storage and management, would that eventually affect the normal water pattern of rainfall, With less fresh water draining to the sea.

[@jyotishmca]

You are really awesome Andrew Millison ! Thank you so much for sharing wonderful knowledge with great people in simple way.. it is true the solutions are Simple, we just need to focus and put our heart in getting it done.

[@sudo2998]

Having been born in Chennai and having lived through droughts in the 80s, I always wondered what could be done to alleviate this crisis. As you pointed out Andrew, there is so much rain in TN - in that way they are lucky. Unfortunately, every year there are floods and the rain drains back into the sea. If they had a LIDAR map of Chennai, a hydrologist could quickly map the routes taken by the rain as it makes it's way back to the sea, and they could intercept it, pump it to a higher elevation if necessary and fill up artificial lakes away from the pollution of the city. That way they'd have water year round. The Andra Pradesh government built a gigantic pumping station just for this purpose. Overkill, yes. But hopefully it solves a problem.

[@Psyduck476]

I love it when i find some true gems in youtube!

[@neetiwalavalkar8274]

Called to visit you soon Gayatri, impressing rain water harvesting. Lovely greenery.

[@sunandthesoil3736]

I love this series

[@thenextpoetician6328]

Not lost on me anyway is that she's completely organized, and walks barefoot.

[@kayess1450]

Most people in this part of India walk barefoot in home, home is till the boundary walls. Few homes have taps outside home to wash legs and yhen enter. Ofcourse its not applicable to flats/condo types of homes.

[@noguruespanol]

@@kayess1450 very correct.

[@graemehibbard7281]

Awesome. Inspiring. I love permaculture.

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet

[@TheNightwalker247]

thank you for the great video. And thanks for the lovely people living in that house. What would be really interesting to me.. is the question wether the neigbours saw them having water in the draught and are now considering doing more water harvesting and greening? Geoff Lawton had quite a good success in showing his neigbours that there is a different way and several started implementing the solutions. Thank you again for this wonderful series. I`m gonna share this with my classmates in sustainability studies here in Germany.

[@amillison]

Hello. In this case, the neighbors did not take up the effort, and this has been a frustrating thing for the Ramachandran family, as the neighbors have actually built areas up and created more runoff into their yard, which was a problem during recent floods.

[@krish6972]

Thank you for the world of water storage "water security"

[@sangeetakalani5522]

Excellent graphic explanation.One of the simplest I have ever seen 👍

[@karthiksubramanianlakshmi]

Poondi, Puzhal, Cholavaram, Madurantakam lakes

[@a2r2verma]

Dear Andrew, thanks for making such video. It is very informative and encouraging to adopt such recharge systems. This lady is wonderful, and has shown how to conserve water in a water stress city like Chennai. Once again thanks and keep doing.

[@akp3097]

I saw draught when i was 15… 1st thing we did was dig a holes all around village with govt help and that was providing income for poor of village and since then no draught…. Water us above the soil in monsoon thats how it has changed

[@ThoneJones]

Awesome video. “….the solutions are embarrassingly simple.” I love that.

[@jimxcy]

Education and knowledge is key so inspiring.

[@leifcian4288]

Fantastic, thank you.

[@doncatch1]

Congrats, great stuff. Keep up the good work.

[@Khan_moin99]

Love your work, ❤️❤️

[@sparksmacoy]

This needs a much wider audience.

[@T_Fizzle]

I hope the U.S. will utilize this wisdom!

[@solfeinberg437]

Are you in the US? Her city is not utilizing this wisdom. She is. You can too!

[@ThePermacultureStudent]

Great work Andrew!!

[@manuelgarciabarbero1872]

Great job Andrew

[@karthiksubramanianlakshmi]

During Chief Minister Late Jayalalitha rule, rain water harvesting was made compulsory for all homes in chennai

[@tolykozin]

Gayathri should be made head of the dept of water resources for India and hopefully water scarcity should be solved the world over

[@marlan5470]

Wonderful video, thanks.

[@thegiggler2]

Thanks!

[@amillison]

Your support is deeply appreciated!

[@suneetsalvi1200]

Andrew ji you come with amazing videos of simple solutions. It is so important for everyone to to do rain water harvesting.

[@theuglykwan]

That laundry stone is similar to what I see in historical chinese dramas, except they beat the clothing with a stick on a rock.

[@arjunraj823]

Actually that alone saves a ton of water. 😂

[@starofthesea1943]

Love it!

[@bladerholmes5]

Fantastic Series; thank you Andrew. Definitely a subscriber. At around 7:05, Gayathri says that they would only be able to access their open well for no more than 5 days, but later said that their open well has never been without water. Does the open well stay with water because it is supplied by the surplus sumps? Or do the amount of trees create such suction of the water to hold a fair bit of the 200,000 litres that it is undisturbed by the rising and falling of the watertable?

[@amillison]

Bepo, I think it is the latter, that the trees roots and spongy soil maintain the water table in that area. When she's talking about the 5 days, she means the time that the water is very shallow and accessible at the surface. But otherwise there is always water there, although deeper.

[@bladerholmes5]

@@amillison Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Thats so fantastic. I imagine if her neighbors took on this responsibility too, the available water table would extend even further than the sum of their forested area...

[@zemadeiran]

Very well made and presented

[@vinnettepope8255]

Thank you for sharing 🙏this awesome video

[@sanjeev7821]

Very nice and indepth information.

[@grun5848]

Long time waiting for the new episode!! Thank you very much for this great content, keep it up!

[@sharadchandakacherla8268]

Lovely video. Proud of my countrymen

[@kadour68]

Awsome. Keep up the good work !

[@suraj.k.2475]

Wonderful, keep it up. Keep doing these series as it may help the needy

[@shyamchander0884]

Haha

[@moniquelefebvre4798]

loved this series, thank you!

[@MahiMahi-yu5jo]

My dad implemented the same concept in my home in Bangalore. We have a 900 cubic meter tank to collect rainwater for domestic use. The excess is then redirected to our well. We were lucky to hit a pocket in the water table that was fairly isolated. Hence, recharge is easy. Even the summer "mango showers" helps recharge groundwater. An additional benefit is that i live near a lake. So groundwater recharge is quite good

[@brittanykasha4825]

Fantastic!

[@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7]

I just love this stuff

[@nelly365]

Excellent

[@lakshmiravi2236]

Great stuff!

[@acquisitium]

looking forward to the next episode!

[@RobinSharma-l8y]

Everybody should capture rainwater!

[@aboutin90seconds7]

I have just completed watching #5 Certainly you did a very good research and presentation are very informative Thanks

[@daelpixphotography]

Amazing woman.

[@katiaataides7541]

A permacultura salvando o mundo

[@dggamer1930]

My heart just wishes to watch this type of videos, such a beautiful work💚

[@Boystarx]

The infographics really help, great content and great intent...

[@n1mbusmusic606]

thank you for this unbelievable content! thank you! I'm taking all those design courses!

[@aakanshasharma2300]

They can do rain water storage under their house and on top they can install solar panels. So that way we get green energy and balance in the environment and good for everyone and for future generations.

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Waiting for next video, excellent

[@tahaadnan5907]

love you man for your work!!!!

[@MilesToGo78]

I liked and subscribed... I am from western TN..

[@logeshlogeshwaran3213]

Which part of chennai is this?, i never imagined this much water management can be applied in my congested city!!!

[@amillison]

Central Chennai near Loyola College.

[@luigicristiani7709]

Solution for a single house for an Indian family with a much higher than average income, who can afford: 1, the house, 2, the recovery system... Chennay, in 2021 had a population of 11 million To have a home for everyone...

[@chriswong8659]

Keep this going! Like before even seeing the vid coz I know it gonna be awesome. Woohoo!