Smart Water Harvesting Solutions: Examples of Innovative Low-Cost Technologies for Rain, Fog, Runoff Water and Groundwater

Water conservation and water harvesting techniques provide a key to development and as such contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Smart Water Harvesting describes a number of creative solutions and practical efforts in harvesting water, especially in drought prone areas. The book also describes capturing water during periods of rain, so that it is available for periods of drought. Many of the technologies highlighted in this booklet are traditional, but neglected in the modern world, as people try to become less dependent on nature. There is an growing awareness that rather than fighting nature, people should co-operate with it. That is what water harvesting tries to do.

This book gives examples that have proven to be effective and affordable. The book is an effective source of inspiration for local communities, civil engineers, NGOs, research institutes, donors and governments.

The booklet was developed in collaboration between the Netherlands Water Partnership, Aqua for All, Agromisa. Partners for Water financially supported this volume.

Also available in French.

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Smart Water Harvesting Solutions: Examples of Innovative Low-Cost Technologies for Rain, Fog, Runoff Water and Groundwater

Water conservation and water harvesting techniques provide a key to development and as such contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Smart Water Harvesting describes a number of creative solutions and practical efforts in harvesting water, especially in drought prone areas. The book also describes capturing water during periods of rain, so that it is available for periods of drought. Many of the technologies highlighted in this booklet are traditional, but neglected in the modern world, as people try to become less dependent on nature. There is an growing awareness that rather than fighting nature, people should co-operate with it. That is what water harvesting tries to do.

This book gives examples that have proven to be effective and affordable. The book is an effective source of inspiration for local communities, civil engineers, NGOs, research institutes, donors and governments.

The booklet was developed in collaboration between the Netherlands Water Partnership, Aqua for All, Agromisa. Partners for Water financially supported this volume.

Also available in French.

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Smart Water Harvesting Solutions: Examples of Innovative Low-Cost Technologies for Rain, Fog, Runoff Water and Groundwater

Smart Water Harvesting Solutions: Examples of Innovative Low-Cost Technologies for Rain, Fog, Runoff Water and Groundwater

by Netherlands Water Partnership
Smart Water Harvesting Solutions: Examples of Innovative Low-Cost Technologies for Rain, Fog, Runoff Water and Groundwater

Smart Water Harvesting Solutions: Examples of Innovative Low-Cost Technologies for Rain, Fog, Runoff Water and Groundwater

by Netherlands Water Partnership

Overview

Water conservation and water harvesting techniques provide a key to development and as such contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

Smart Water Harvesting describes a number of creative solutions and practical efforts in harvesting water, especially in drought prone areas. The book also describes capturing water during periods of rain, so that it is available for periods of drought. Many of the technologies highlighted in this booklet are traditional, but neglected in the modern world, as people try to become less dependent on nature. There is an growing awareness that rather than fighting nature, people should co-operate with it. That is what water harvesting tries to do.

This book gives examples that have proven to be effective and affordable. The book is an effective source of inspiration for local communities, civil engineers, NGOs, research institutes, donors and governments.

The booklet was developed in collaboration between the Netherlands Water Partnership, Aqua for All, Agromisa. Partners for Water financially supported this volume.

Also available in French.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789460220043
Publisher: KIT (Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen)
Publication date: 05/28/2009
Series: Smart Solutions Series
Pages: 64
Product dimensions: 4.60(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.30(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword; The Need for Water Harvesting Techniques; The Elements of Water Harvesting; What Makes Water Harvesting Solutions Smart? Case Studies; RAINWATER AND FOG: Fog Water Collection, Nepal, Peru and Chile; Storage Tanks for Rooftop Harvesting; Concrete Block Tank, Ocara, Brazil; Brick-Cement Tank, Nicaragua; RUNOFF WATER / SURFACE WATER: Tyrolean Weir or Bottom Intake from Streams, East Africa; Surface Runoff Harvesting, Borana Zone, Ethiopia; Finger Ponds, Lake Victoria, East Africa; Pond Farming; Bolivia; Spate Irrigation, Pakistan; Intermezzo: The Story of a Smart Water Harvester in Tigray Region, Ethiopia; GROUNDWATER AND ARTIFICIAL RECHARGE: San Dam, Kitui, Kenya; Sub-Surface Dam, Pernambuco, Brazil; Percolation Ponds, India; Vetiver Contours, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe; Differentiated Water, Moisture and Soil Conservation, Andhra Pradesh, India; Contour Trenching, Amboseli, Kenya; Teras, Ilat Ayot, Eastern Sudan; Tube Recharge of Groundwater, Ghana; Websites; Some Useful Literature; Terminology Used in this Booklet; Call for Information.

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