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List and explain any two advantages associated with water harvesting at community level.

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Water harvesting at the community level is capturing, collection and storage of rain water and surface run off for filling either small water bodies or recharging ground water. This is carried out through water shed management, check dams, earthen dams, roof top harvesting and filter wells in flood drains.
Benefits
(i) It ensures water availability in non-rainy season.
(ii) Water becomes available for drinking as well as irrigation.
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