International Rainwater Catchment Systems Experiences : : Towards Water Security.

• Author: Gleason Espíndola, José Arturo.
• TeilnehmendeR: Casiano Flores, César Augusto.; Pacheco-Vega, Raul.
• Place / Publishing House: London : : IWA Publishing,, 2020.; {copy}2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Cover
• Contents
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Introduction
• Section 1: Basic Concepts
• I. The importance of rainwater catchment systems
• I.1 History of rainwater catchment systems
• I.2 Rainwater harvesting in Mesoamerica
• I.3 Recent efforts of rainwater harvesting around the world
• II. FUNDAMENTALS OF RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM
• REFERENCES
• Section 2: Narratives of RWH
• Chapter 1: Rain: Water for health, livelihood and self-reliance
• 1.1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.2 HARVESTING RAIN, GOING GLOBAL
• 1.3 RAINWATER HARVESTING FOR DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY
• 1.3.1 Why collect rainwater for drinking and domestic needs?
• 1.3.1.1 In semi-arid areas or at an uphill elevation
• 1.3.1.2 When ground water has a bad taste
• 1.3.1.3 Substitution
• 1.3.1.4 Rainwater may bring a better service
• 1.3.2 Managing the stored water
• 1.3.3 Quality of harvested and stored rain water
• 1.3.4 Initiating rainwater harvesting programmes
• 1.4 USE OF RAINWATER FOR DOMESTIC USE
• 1.5 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) 6
• 1.6 HOW TO PROVIDE WATER SUPPLY SERVICES TO THE LAST 10% OF THE UNSERVED?
• 1.7 BE READY TO COLLECT AND STORE RAIN
• 1.8 CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 2: Harvesting the potential
• 2.1 INTRODUCTION
• 2.2 HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
• 2.3 HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR STORMWATER REDUCTION
• 2.4 HARVESTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE DECISION MAKERS
• 2.5 HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR LIFE
• 2.6 HARVEST THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE EDUCATION
• 2.6.1 The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA)
• 2.7 CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 3: Transforming tradition of rainwater harvesting in Sri Lanka
• 3.1 INTRODUCTION
• 3.2 INSTITUTIONAL UPTAKE OF RWH
• 3.3 LANKA RAINWATER HARVESTING FORUM
• 3.4 RAINWATER POLICY AND REGULATIONS IN SRI LANKA.
• 3.5 PROVIDING WATER AND FOOD SECURITY FOR COMMUNITIES AT TIMES OF DISASTER
• 3.6 CLIMATE RISK RESILIENCE
• 3.7 IMPROVING HEALTH
• 3.8 RUNOFF COLLECTION FOR CROP GROWTH
• 3.9 CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 4: Rainwater catchment on Hawai'i Island
• 4.1 INTRODUCTION
• 4.1.1 Introduction to Hawai'i
• 4.1.2 Catchment history
• 4.2 UNIQUENESS OF THE BIG ISLAND CATCHMENT
• 4.3 REGULATIONS
• 4.4 WATER QUALITY
• 4.5 RAINWATER CATCHMENT PROGRAM BEGINNING
• 4.6 THE RAINWATER CATCHMENT PROGRAM
• 4.7 RAINWATER CATCHMENT PROGRAM EXPANSION
• 4.7.1 Education
• 4.7.2 Available agent
• 4.8 COLLABORATIONS
• 4.8.1 Vendor support
• 4.8.2 Expanding research and collaborations
• 4.9 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE EFFECTS ON RAINWATER CATCHMENT
• 4.9.1 Weather/rainfall
• 4.9.2 Environmental change: Invasive species
• 4.9.3 Environmental change: Volcanic
• 4.9.4 Environmental study
• 4.10 SUMMARY
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 5: Mexican rainwater harvesting movement in recent years
• 5.1 RAINWATER HISTORY IN MEXICO
• 5.2 RAINWATER IN 21ST CENTURY MEXICO
• 5.3 RAINWATER AS AN INDUSTRIAL APPROACH
• 5.4 INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS
• 5.4.1 Expansion of good rainwater practices
• 5.4.2 Certification program to accredit professionals in rainwater harvesting
• 5.5 CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 6: Harvesting rainwater: An adaptation strategy for peace and the climate crisis
• 6.1 INTRODUCTION
• 6.2 CONFRONTING GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS
• 6.3 RAIN IN THE ANDEAN AMAZONIAWATER CYCLE
• 6.3.1 Scaling rainwater harvesting
• 6.4 KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES
• 6.5 INTEGRATED RAINWATER MANAGEMENT APPROACH
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• REFERENCES
• Section 3: Programs
• Chapter 7: Social enterprise on sky water harvesting for solving drinking water crisis in coastal areas in Bangladesh
• 7.1 DRINKING WATER CRISIS IN COASTAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH
• 7.2 BASE LINE SURVEY.
• 7.3 DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-COST RAINWATER TANK
• 7.4 AMAMIZU SOCIAL PROJECT
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 8: Catalyzing the widespread adoption of rainwater harvesting in Mexico City
• 8.1 INTRODUCTION
• 8.2 SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGE
• 8.3 ISLA URBANA MODEL
• 8.4 OTHER TESTED SOLUTIONS
• 8.5 SOCIAL ENTREPRENUERSHIP SOLUTION MARKETING APPROACH
• 8.6 GOALS AND EXPECTED IMPACT
• 8.7 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
• 8.8 CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 9: Promotion of rainwater harvesting as a business
• 9.1 INTRODUCTION
• 9.2 RAINWATER HARVESTING AS A BUSINESS
• 9.2.1 A Case of the Rainwater4Sale project in Lwengo District, Uganda
• 9.2.2 Lessons learned
• 9.2.3 Challenges and how they were addressed
• 9.3 CONCLUSION
• WHO WE ARE
• OUR MANDATE
• Chapter 10: Experience in sustainable management of rainwater for multiple purposes: Case in ten villages, gossas district, Senegal
• 10.1 CONTEXT
• 10.2 HYDRO-GEOGRAPHY AND HYDRO-CHEMISTRY IN GOSSAS
• 10.3 METHODOLOGY
• 10.4 RESULTS
• 10.5 DISCUSSION
• 10.6 DIFFICULTIES AND LIMITS OF THE PROJECT
• 10.7 LESSONS LEARNED
• 10.8 CONCLUSIONS
• 10.9 BENEFICIARIES' TESTIMONIALS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 11: Rainwater harvesting for improved food security and environmental conservation
• Experiences from Malawi
• 11.1 INTRODUCTION
• 11.2 CONTEXT
• 11.2.1 Geographical location
• 11.2.2 The Rainwater Harvesting Association of Malawi
• 11.2.3 Policy direction on rainwater harvesting in Malawi
• 11.3 RAINWATER HARVESTING PRACTICES IN MALAWI
• 11.3.1 Above ground tanks
• 11.3.2 Lined underground tanks
• 11.3.3 Dams
• 11.3.4 In-situ or soil storage rainwater harvesting
• 11.3.5 Flood-based farming systems
• 11.4 BENEFITS AND IMPACTS OF RAINWATER HARVESTING
• 11.4.1 Lessons learned
• 11.5 WAY FORWARD
• REFERENCES.
• Chapter 12: Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of rainwater barrels. An analysis of usability for the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, México
• 12.1 INTRODUCTION
• 12.2 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AS AN INTERVENTION TOOL
• 12.3 USABILITY AS AN EVALUATION TOOL OF DESIGNED OBJECTS
• 12.4 USABILITY MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS
• 12.5 STAGES OF THE SYSTEMIC MODEL
• 12.6 RAIN BARRELS AND THE SCALL
• 12.7 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RAINWATER COLLECTION BARRELS
• 12.8 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RAINWATER BARRELS
• 12.9 RECOMMENDATIONS
• REFERENCES
• Section 4: Notable Technical Cases
• Chapter 13: The success story of multi-purpose rainwater management system at Star City, Korea: Design, climate change adaptation potential and philosophy
• 13.1 INTRODUCTION
• 13.2 DESIGN AND OPERATION OF STAR CITY RWHM
• 13.2.1 Design
• 13.2.2 Operation data (Han &amp
• Nguyen, 2018)
• 13.2.2.1 Water quality
• 13.2.2.2 Water quantity
• 13.3 CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION POTENTIAL
• 13.4 PHILOSOPICAL CONSIDERATION OF STAR CITY
• 13.4.1 Win-Win process
• 13.4.2 Philosophy of 'Dong' (Village)
• 13.4.3 Five Commandments for water management
• 13.5 CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 14: Developing a national rainwater harvesting standard
• 14.1 INTRODUCTION
• 14.2 DISCUSSION
• 14.3 TECHNICAL
• 14.3.1 The collection surface (roof)
• 14.3.2 Water storage and distribution
• 14.3.3 Water sanitation - maintaining water quality
• 14.3.4 Maintenance and testing
• 14.4 POLITICS AND PUBLIC AWARENESS
• 14.5 SUMMARY
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 15: Stormwater management in transition in Brussels-Capital Region
• 15.1 INTRODUCTION
• 15.2 STORMWATER AS A SOURCE OF DAMAGE FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
• 15.3 STORMWATER BOTH AS A RESOURCE AND AS A SOURCE OF DAMAGE IN WATER AND URBAN POLICIES
• 15.4 PRESENT WATER-RELATED HAZARDS.
• 15.4.1 Sewer system overflows as the main source of surface water pollution
• 15.4.2 Pluvial urban flooding
• 15.4.3 Conventional actions to mitigate urban flooding
• 15.5 FRAGMENTATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN REGIONAL, INTER-MUNICIPAL AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS
• 15.6 DYNAMISM OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY AS A LINK BETWEEN URBAN PLANNING AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
• 15.7 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 16: Smart rainwater management and its impacts on drought resilience by Rural Semi-Arid communities: a case study of Northeast Brazil
• 16.1 INTRODUCTION
• 16.2 AREA OF REFERENCE
• 16.3 THE ANSWER IS TO LIVE WITH THE SEMI-ARID CLIMATE
• 16.4 FIVE STEPS OF (RAIN) WATER MANAGEMENT
• 16.4.1 Water for families
• 16.4.2 Water for the Community
• 16.4.3 Water for agriculture
• 16.4.4 Water for emergency situations
• 16.4.5 Managing water for the environment
• 16.5 EVALUATION AND OUTLOOK
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 17: Every drip counts: Confusion of cause with effect in the climate debate
• 17.1 BACKGROUND
• 17.2 POTSDAMER PLATZ
• 17.3 ADLERSHOF PHYSICS BUILDING
• REFERENCES
• Chapter 18: The Calabash Cistern 5000 L in Africa
• 18.1 INTRODUCTION
• 18.2 THE DESIGN OF THE CALABASH CISTERN
• 18.2.1 Development
• 18.2.2 The 5000 L Calabash Cistern
• 18.2.3 Shape
• 18.2.4 Advantages
• 18.3 THE CALABASH PROJECT IN GUINEA-BISSAU
• 18.3.1 How it started
• 18.3.2 The 1st pillar of the project: The African village
• 18.3.3 The 2nd pillar (and driver): A private water cistern
• 18.3.4 The 3rd pillar: The initiative
• 18.3.5 The start of the Calabash project was booming
• 18.3.6 The Calabash Project sails to the islands of Guinea-Bissau
• 18.3.7 Clean water changes opinion about cholera
• 18.3.8 Transport and salty sand
• 18.3.9 Another change
• 18.4 THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL TRAINING IN DR CONGO.
• 18.4.1 The importance of the manager.