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===Example rainwater harvesting in Indiaभारत में वर्षाजल संचयन के उदाहरण===
[[File:200px-TemplePondChennai.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A temple pond at Mylapore, Chennai, India]]
Tamil Nadu is the first Indian state to make rainwater harvesting mandatoryतमिलनाडु पहला भारतीय राज्य है जहां वर्षाजल संचयन को अनिवार्य बनाया गया है. On 30 May मई, 2014, the state government announced that it will set up को राज्य सरकार ने घोषणा की कि वह चेन्नई शहर के विभिन्न हिस्सों में 50,000 rainwater harvesting structures at various parts of the capital city of Chennaiहजार से वर्षाजल संचयन ढांचे का निर्माण करायेगी. [1] [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/50000-rain-water-harvesting-structures-to-come-up-in-Chennai/articleshow/35794531.cms]
Around 4,000 temples in Tamilnadu state traditionally had water tanks that were used for various rituals. The tanks also served as natural aquifers and helped recharge groundwater. Over the years, however, many of these tanks have gone out of use. Overflowing mounds of silt and garbage have replaced the water in them.
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