water use

The menaca which soil erosion presents to the continiuance of successful agriculture is alarming one in many parts of india ,calling urgently for attention and preventive action.The terracing of the land construction of bunds to check the flow of water the practice of contour cultivations and the planting of approproiate types of vegetation are amongst the mesaures that have been

suggested .It is obiviou that the aim should be to check the flow of water at the earliest possible stage before it has acquired any appreciable momentum and cprrespondingly large destructive power.

water is the basis of all life.Every animal and every plant contains substantial proportion of free or combined water in its body ,and no king of physiological activity is posssible in which the fluid does not play an essential part .water is ,of course necessary of animal lilfe,while moisture in the soil is equally imperative for the life and growth of planets and trees through the quantity neccesary varies enormously with the species .The conservation and utilisation of water is thus fundemental for human welfare.Apart from artesian water the ultimate source in all cases very sensitive to any failure or irregularity of the same .The problem of soil erosion and adoption of techniques preventing soil erosion would also help to conserve and keep the water where itis wanted,in other words on and in the soil and such techniques therefore serve a double purpose