The tanks will be used to organize irrigation of gardens, as well as domestic needs of households and public institutions in Suhuluceni commune and Coropceni village. The beneficiaries were selected based on the availability of rainwater harvesting systems from roofs – at least simple gutters and pipes. “We chose the educational institutions to implement this project primarily to instill in children respect for nature and its resources,” said Iacob Stegărescu, mayor of Suhuluceni commune. – We want this project to be sustainable and to function for decades”.
The water tanks were purchased with financial support from the New Democracy Foundation (Denmark) within the project “Sustainable Local Communities through Nature-Oriented Solutions”, implemented by the Association of Environmental Journalists and Ecotourism (AJMTEM).
“The water crisis is no longer an abstract concept, drying up wells and lack of water for basic needs is its direct consequence. Rainwater harvesting is a simple but effective solution to rationalize water use and protect its extremely valuable underground resources,” says Lilia Curcja, Executive Director of AJMTEM.
The idea of rainwater harvesting for resource conservation is not new: in some European countries, such as Spain, rainwater harvesting is one of its main sources for agricultural irrigation.
