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Abstract
To fulfill the demand of irrigation latent in agriculture as additional irrigation water administration play an important role, because rainfall in drought prone areas is highly erratic, storage must be an essential part of any rainwater harvesting system. It is therefore essential to harvest water from any water source e.g. rainfall, perennial source, roof water etc. in ponds and reservoirs for diverse domestic, agriculture and industrial purposes over a period of time-to stretch its usage to maximum. Farm ponds are manmade tanks constructed for holding water which could be used during scarce season to ensure life saving irrigation for the uninterrupted physiological activities of the crop. Water harvesting technologies in the form of farm ponds is addressed in this study. The main segment stored water in earthen tanks has been lost due to seepage. To avoid this reduce of stored water, ponds sealing/mechanically treating the ponds are necessary by installing lining of impervious material as plastic film lining along or in combination with conventional lining has proved to be an effective seepage proof in ponds and reservoirs but the majority effective and cost economic.