Rainwater Harvesting

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Water can be collected from the ground or from roofs and can be used in irrigation or domestic use.

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    Building Small Scale Water Harvesting Dams
    (2005) Practical Action; Practical Action
    The annual precipitation in Sudan is estimated at 1000 MD cubic meters. The two Niles and their tributaries bring about 122 MD cubic meters , only 14.6 cubic meters is utilized by Sudan out of its share of 20.5 MD cubic meters as per the Nile water agreement in 1959. Other seasonal surface water is estimated at 7.8 MD cubic meters with only 160 million cubic meters have been utilized.
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    Rainwater Harvesting in Thailand: Learning from the World Champions
    (2016) Saladin, Matthias
    This field note provides an overview and analysis of the historic developments of promoting Domestic Rainwater Harvesting (DRWH) in Thailand between 1980 and 2015. Based on literature reviews and interviews with stakeholders a series of factors were identified which made the promotion of DRWH in Thailand an exceptionally successful example of diffusion of innovations. Among the key factors identified were policies, market structure, pre-existing habits, affordability, supply chain and climate. No single factor was decisive but several of them occurring simultaneously made it possible for an enabling environment to form and make the initiative flourish even after government funding ran out (most of the Thai Jars, which are most commonly used for rainwater storage, were actually delivered through the private sector and paid by the consumers).
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    Traditional wisdom of rainwater harvesting: an overview from South Asia
    (ITDG South Asia, 2015) Ariyabandu, R. De S.; Ariyabandu, R. De S.
    This paper is a synthesis of research papers written on Traditional Wisdom of Rainwater Harvesting by country researchers in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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    වහලයෙන් ජලය එකතුකිරීම සදහා පොළව මතුපිට වැසිජල ටැංකිය
    (Practical Action, South Asia, 2015) Practical Action Sri Lanka; Practical Action Sri Lanka
    This video is on the construction and maintenance of above ground rain water harvesting tanks.
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    Traditions of rainwater harvesting in South Asia
    (Practical Action, South Asia, 2004) Ariyabandu, R. De. S.; Ariyabandu, R. De. S.; Practical Action Sri Lanka
    This paper is a synthesis of reports written on traditional wisdom of rainwater harvesting by country researchers in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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