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Sours, Patrick J. "Maji Marwa: Rainwater Harvesting Initiative." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1563367729255742.

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Waterfall, Patricia. "Harvesting Rainwater for Landscape Use." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144824.

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52 pp.<br>In the arid Southwest, rainfall is scarce and evapotranspiration rates are high. Only natives and some desert-adapted plants can live on 10 or 11 inches of annual rainfall. Other plants require some supplemental irrigation and harvesting rainwater can reduce the use of drinking water for landscape irrigation. This publication discusses the water requirements for some plants and the way to collect rainwater. Its topics include: - Water Harvesting System Components - Simple Water Harvesting System Design and Construction - Complex Water Harvesting Systems

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Waterfall, Patricia. "Harvesting Rainwater for Landscape Use." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144825.

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56 pp.<br>Second Edition, October 2004<br>In the arid Southwest, rainfall is scarce and evapotranspiration rates are high. Only natives and some desert-adapted plants can live on 10 or 11 inches of annual rainfall. Other plants require some supplemental irrigation and harvesting rainwater can reduce the use of drinking water for landscape irrigation. This publication discusses the water requirements for some plants and the way to collect rainwater. Its topics include: - Water Harvesting System Components - Simple Water Harvesting System Design and Construction - Complex Water Harvesting Syst

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Vargas, Parra María Violeta. "Optimizing rainwater harvesting systems in urban areas." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/322068.

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El aprovechamiento de agua de lluvia, a pesar de ser una antigua técnica para recoger escorrentía para uso doméstico, agricultura y gestión ambiental, no tiene una amplia aplicación. Potencialmente, los sistemas de aprovechamiento de agua de lluvia (RWH) pueden jugar un papel clave en el abastecimiento de la demanda de agua urbana como una alternativa a las tecnologías convencionales de tratamiento de agua como son la desalinización y otras tecnologías costosas Esta tesis doctoral pretende encontrar las configuraciones de RWH más eficientes, primero cuantificando el consumo de recursos e impa

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Barnes, David Allen. "Assessment of rainwater harvesting in Northern Ghana." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50622.

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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-96).<br>This study assesses the current state of rainwater harvesting in the Northern Region of Ghana and makes recommendations regarding if and how rainwater harvesting could be used to address Pure Home Water's goal of reaching 1 million people in the next five years with safe drinking water. Three principal aspects of the water supply are considered: quality, quantity, and cost. Bacteriological water quality is tested to determine the

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Quadros, Carlos Schmidt. "Rainwater harvesting case study: FCT/UNL campus." Master's thesis, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/4799.

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Dissertação apresentada para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente, Perfil Engenharia Sanitária<br>With increasing pressure on the environment, particularly on water resources, due to outside forces such as climate change and population growth, water is nowadays a scarce and a valuable resource. With the need to find new alternatives, rainwater harvesting should be seen as an important strategy for better management of water resources, once it constitutes a free source of potable water. Rainwater harvesting systems, which already have a global implementation, are a recognised

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Melville-Shreeve, Peter. "Rainwater harvesting for drought mitigation and flood management." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30260.

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Rainwater harvesting (RWH) in the UK has seen a low level of uptake relative to similar settings such as Australia and Germany. The relatively low cost of municipal water in the UK limits the financial savings associated with RWH systems, especially in a domestic setting. Although financial benefits can be relatively low (in terms of reduced water bills), academic and practitioner studies have demonstrated the potential for RWH to significantly reduce potable water demands at typical UK houses. Hence, increased uptake of RWH has potential to contribute to mitigating droughts in water scarce re

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Ibraimo, Nadia Alcina. "Rainwater harvesting : management strategies in semi-arid areas." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25801.

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Rainfall in semi-arid areas is generally insufficient to meet crop water requirements, and above all erratic in distribution. This leads to crop yield fluctuation, which drastically affects food security. Rainwater harvesting technologies have been implemented in these areas in order to mitigate the effect of perennial droughts. The successful adoption of these technologies can contribute to poverty alleviation, and therefore improve the livelihood of resource-poor subsistence farmers. Field trials for testing different rainwater harvesting scenarios are expensive, time consuming and laborious

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Ngwepe, Mantlo Richard. "Evaluating rainwater harvesting and conservation techniques on the Towoomba/Arcadia Ecotope." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1407.

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Thesis (M.Sc.(Agronomy)) --University of Limpopo, 2015<br>The changes in climate, especially poor rainfall patterns and distributions are key issues posing major agricultural challenges for food security and threaten the rural livelihoods of many communities in the Limpopo Province. Rainfall (P) is low and limited. These limited P is mostly lost through runoff and evaporation, which result in low soil moisture availability and possible crop failure. Therefore, techniques that reduce these water losses are important for improving dryland crop production and rainwater productivity (RWP). T

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Mundia, Clara. "ASSESSING THE RELIABILITY OF ROOFTOP RAINWATER HARVESTING FOR DOMESTIC USE IN WESTERN KENYA." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/216.

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In many developing countries, the stress of rapidly growing populations, mismanagement of resources and changing climate has created a burden on already compromised water resources. In Africa, where a significant proportion of the population is without access to improved water source, the urgency for clean available water sources to sustain healthy and productive human and natural populations has become a priority. As a water scarce country, Kenya has seen an increased investment in rainwater harvesting (RWH) projects to harness the vastly untapped rainwater resource, particularly in rural are

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Blanchard, Jonathan Peter. "Rainwater Harvesting Storage Methods and Self Supply in Uganda." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3979.

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Self supply is an emerging approach to water supply which focuses on fostering household investment in incremental improvements to their water sources. When successful, it can lower costs and increase sustainability by offering users a larger share of ownership in their own supply, and harnessing the already existing strengths of a community rather than trying to impose an external perspective. In addition to well upgrading and source protection, one of the key self supply areas is rainwater harvesting. Uganda has a diverse selection of rainwater storage options, but many of them are scattered

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O, Brien Olivia. "Domestic water demand for consumers with rainwater harvesting systems." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86514.

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Thesis (MEng)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The focus of the study is to theoretically assess tank-water demand and employ methods to establish the actual tank-water demand at selected houses in a case study area. This study also examines the influence of domestic rainwater harvesting systems when used in combination with a municipal water distribution system. The case study comprises of 410 low cost housing units in the Western Cape. The system demand patterns of low cost housing units are uncharacteristic, when compared with suburban system demand patterns, and cannot

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Button, Catherine Myrena. "Domesticating infrastructure : Mumbai's middle class housing and rainwater harvesting." Thesis, Durham University, 2014. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10600/.

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Housing is no longer merely a site of resource consumption, but also supplier of decentralised ‘green’ resources for Mumbai’s middle classes and rainwater harvesting is pivotal to this shift as the first major environmental intervention. This thesis aims to assess how Mumbai’s middle classes are responding to water shortage and environmental change through domestic rainwater harvesting. Rainwater harvesting is mandatory in newly constructed buildings and retrofits are becoming increasingly popular as the municipality promotes water saving initiatives. The responsibility for securing water reso

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Daily, Cado, and Cyndi Wilkins. "RainScapes." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144821.

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2 pp.<br>RainScapes are the ultimate in water efficient landscaping. RainScapes are beautiful landscapes that once established rely entirely on rain and stormwater (gray water too if available)while preserving tap water for indoor and drinking water needs.

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Young, Mark Damion Bede. "Development and application of PARCHED-THIRST : a user-friendly agrohydrological model for improving dryland cropping systems." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251294.

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Morales, Pinzón Tito. "Modelling and sustainable management of rainwater harvesting in urban systems." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/117610.

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En esta dissertación se desarrolló un modelo para evaluar técnica, económica y ambientalmente sistemas de recogida de agua de lluvia para aprovechamiento doméstico urbano. Se analizaron diferentes tipologías de vivienda (vivienda tipo casa y vivienda tipo apartamento) y diferentes sistemas (vivienda unifamiliar, edificio de apartamentos y barrio). Se encontraron los escenarios de viabilidad económica y ambiental y se desarrollaron submodelos específicos para la evaluación directa en un amplio rango de condiciones climáticas, precios y calidad del agua para sistemas de diferentes escalas urbana

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White, Ian William. "Decentralised Environmental Technology Adoption: The Household Experience with Rainwater Harvesting." Thesis, Griffith University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365877.

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With regional rainfall of good volume and quality, and growing demand on the urban water supply in South East Queensland, rainwater harvesting (RH) is increasingly considered as a potential household supplement to the mains supply. RH is attractive because it offers households access to control over an augmented water supply. It also constitutes a form of demand management on the mains water supply and offers beneficial externalities to the environment. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) (Cat No. 4602.0: 2005) reported that household adoption of RH systems was limited to fewer than eigh

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Jensen, Wennberg Anton. "Rainwater harvesting: An assessment of the future potential in Sweden." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-236307.

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The thesis address the field of stormwater management. With a changing climate, the field of stormwater management much like many other fields will need to incorporate sustainable development if overall sustainability is to be reached. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the current method for dealing with stormwater in Sweden, mainly in urban areas, and point to issues at hand and identified ways of addressing them. The concept of Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) is assessed. A comparison of results from several case studies from around the world show that there are several aspects of high importa

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Ahlgren, Ellen, and Mikael Nordborg. "Rainwater harvesting på Storsudret : Potential för implementering på södra Gotland." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254216.

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Vattenbrist är ett stort problem i många delar av världen. En lösning som tar vara på nederbörden och eventuellt kan säkerställa vattenförsörjningen lokalt är rainwater harvesting metoden. Det som denna rapporten analyserar är huruvida det finns potential att implementera rainwater harvesting system på Storsudret, på södra Gotland. Projektet inleddes med en litteraturstudie över befintliga metoder för rainwater harvesting. En sammanställning och utvärdering har gjorts för vad som lämpar sig för området. Detta tillsammans med data från lokala myndigheter, SMHI och Lantmäteriet har analyserats o

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Pauls, Linnéa. "How Rainwater Can Transform Cities : An Evaluation of Success Factors for Urban Rainwater Harvesting Projects in Europe." Thesis, KTH, Urbana och regionala studier, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-254601.

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Changing weather patterns challenge societies globally and at multiple levels related to amongst others health, the environment, disaster management and mitigation. There is a need for greater flexibility and resilience, which in turn can be enabled through a transition towards increased sustainability in governance and infrastructure. Urban rainwater harvesting (URWH) is a term used in this paper to collect various approaches to the sustainable handling of rainwater in cities, a practice becoming increasingly common in some areas of the world. Global experiences can be useful learning opportu

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Semaan, Marie. "A Novel Approach to Communal Rainwater Harvesting for Single-Family Housing: A Study of Tank Size, Reliability, and Costs." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/97580.

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An emerging field in rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the application of communal rainwater harvesting system. This system's main advantage compared to individual RWH is the centralization of water treatment, which some users of individual RWH find difficult to maintain. Despite alleviating one concern, this communal approach does not increase the RHW system's (RWHS) reliability nor necessarily satisfy all water demands, and hence is not a major improvement in terms of system performance. This research tackles this challenge with a novel approach to communal RWH for single-family houses. Instea

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Houston, Peter C. "Identifying environmental and organizational issues that affect the promotion of rainwater harvesting by the Southern and Eastern Africa rainwater Network (SEARNET)." Master's thesis, Faculty of Science, 2003. https://hdl.handle.net/11427/31848.

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The Southern And Eastern Africa Rainwater Network (SEARNET) seeks to promote rainwater harvesting as a risk reduction strategy and means to improve livelihoods through its member national rainwater harvesting associations. SEARNET is an important channel of international donor funding from the Swedish and Dutch governments, and exists to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experiences of rainwater harvesting through networking. To identify the environmental and organisational issues affecting SEARNET, a questionnaire was sent to SEARNET members that asked open-ended questions about t

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Iheanacho, Chidiebere Aquinas. "Water quality measures and perception for rainwater harvesting in West Africa." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2017. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/water-quality-measures-and-perception-for-rainwater-harvesting-in-west-africa(24d72a92-7b0a-4c48-98b6-85bd8d269877).html.

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The approach to rural water supply and management in developing countries is a concern for world organisations and national governments. There is an increasing need for a shift from a centralised infrastructure, which often are not functional to decentralised systems such as rainwater harvesting. With increasing water demand and flood risks, the value of RWH is gaining more recognition worldwide within the academic and policymakers. However, in Nigeria, recognition of RWH as a reliable source of water within government circles is not strong enough to prompt policy statements or actions to prom

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Hayek, Carolyn M. C. P. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Maintaining rainwater harvesting practices in southern Lebanon : the kaza of Tyre." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49702.

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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2009.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-51).<br>Despite relatively extensive surface water and groundwater networks, along with abundant rainfall, Lebanon is facing water scarcity due to factors such as pollution of freshwater resources, climate change, population growth, and increased demand. Limited surface water resources in southern Lebanon have fostered a cultural tradition of rainw

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McCloskey, Tara. "Evaluation of Rainwater Harvesting on Residential Housing on Virginia Tech Campus." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42647.

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Rainwater harvesting (RWH) refers to the collection of rainwater for subsequent on-site use. Rainwater is most often used for non-potable purposes including toilet flushing, laundering, landscape and commercial crop irrigation, industry, fire fighting, air-conditioning, and vehicle-washing. This study evaluates the potential impacts of RWH on residential housing on Virginia Tech campus in southwestern Virginia in regards to potable water offset, energy conservation, stormwater mitigation, carbon emission reduction, and financial savings. Potential rainwater collection was estimated from thr

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Mugerwa, Nathan. "Rainwater harvesting and rural livelihood improvement in banana growing areas of Uganda." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Water and Environmental Studies, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-8182.

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<p>Recurrent crises of food insecurity and poverty are widespread in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). There is an urgent need to increase food production so as to reduce bad nutrition and alleviate poverty. The availability and management of water contributes crucially to the variation in yields. Since the majority of farmers in SSA practice rain-fed agriculture under adverse climatic conditions, it is crucial to use water-conserving technologies systematically and make rainwater management an integral part of land use and crop management. While rainwater harvesting technologies (RHT) can increase pr

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Aroka, Nelly. "Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Kenya : Reliability in a Variable and Changing Climate." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology (INK), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-43156.

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<p>In many parts of the tropics irregular and erratic rainfall has great national economic as well as socio-economic effects. In Kenya, where a large part of the population live in rural areas and rainfed agriculture is the main livelihood, droughts and floods have farreaching impacts on communities. One form of mitigating the negative effects of drought is the implementation of simple, small-scale, low cost schemes called rainwater harvesting. This involves the capture, storing and redirection of rainfall, runoff, and groundwater. In Kenya, such schemes are being implemented in rural areas th

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Angala, Hallo Angaleni Nameya. "Citizen science, treatment and microbial compliance monitoring in rainwater harvesting in Namibia." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/62082.

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Prasek, Sarah Marie. "Rainwater Harvesting in U.S.-Mexico Border Colonias: Integrating Alternative Infrastructure in Planning." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190651.

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Rapid population growth coupled with inadequate infrastructure has called into question both human health and environmental sustainability in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Of particular concern is the lack of water and wastewater infrastructure in border colonias. Though some progress has been made in improving the situation of certain communities, many continue to live in significantly substandard conditions. This study explores the potential that rainwater harvesting may have for partially filling colonias’ safe water needs. Two objectives motivate the analysis. First, the impact rainwater

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Hamid, Roaa. "Impact of Stormwater reuse (Rainwater Harvesting) in areas with combined sewer network." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-266760.

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Due to the combined effect of intense rainfall events together with the expected impact of climate change, this will put pressure on the existing and future infrastructure for storm water management. One of the challenges related to this is the combined sewer system which is still operating in large areas of many cities worldwide. In Stockholm, combined sewer represents around 50% of the total sewer pipe length. In a Combined sewer system, once the conveyed discharge exceeds the system capacity, the system overflows, which can result in a diverse range of health and environmental problems. The

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Schlachter, Hannah. "Environmental and Economic Assessment of Rainwater use in a University Dormitory." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1304693753.

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Honaker, D. Wayne. "An Examination of What Motivates Utah Residents to Adopt the Practice of Rainwater Harvesting." DigitalCommons@USU, 2018. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7282.

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Although most of the earth is covered in water, a very limited amount of that water is fresh water, which is essential to our survival. Therefore, it is imperative that we do all that is possible to conserve and protect our extremely limited water resources, especially in arid regions such as the American West. While there are many ways and means to protecting and preserving our water resources, this thesis focuses on the strategy of rainwater harvesting (RWH) as it is done throughout the state of Utah. RWH is defined as taking the precipitation that falls on our built structures and putting i

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Lade, Omolara. "A multi-criteria decision analysis framework for sustainable rainwater harvesting in Ibadan, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/317602.

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The approach to water management worldwide is currently in transition, with a shift from centralised infrastructures to greater consideration of decentralised technologies, such as rainwater harvesting (RWH). Initiated by recognition of drivers, including water demand, increasing risk of ground-water pollution and flooding, the value of RWH is filtering across the academic-policy boundary. However, in Nigeria, implementation of sustainable water management (SWM), such as RWH systems, is inefficient social, environmental and technical barriers, concerns and knowledge gaps exist, which currently

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Musoke, Elizabeth. "Implementation of a rainwater harvesting network to manage stormwater runoff in Manhattan, Kansas." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13718.

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Master of Regional and Community Planning<br>Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional and Community Planning<br>Tim Keane<br>The City of Manhattan, Kansas has been subject to intense flooding in the last couple of years. Areas of the city, within the Wildcat Creek Watershed, have been adversely affected. The City of Manhattan and stakeholders from various walks of life are looking for solutions to alleviate flooding within the area. This Master’s Project looks into rainwater harvesting as one of the solutions to help reduce stormwater runoff and contribute to the alleviation of floodi

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Schlea, Derek Alan. "Retention and management of stormwater runoff with rain gardens and rainwater harvesting systems." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306853271.

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Mbomba, Jiatsa Zacharie Tite. "Can Fog and Rain Harvesting Secure Safe Drinking Water in Rural Cameroon? – Case study of Bafou (mountainous) and Mora (low-lying) villages." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Sektionen för lärande och miljö, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10521.

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At the opposite of numerous countries in the world, despite its natural assets and its enormous surface and underground water potential, Cameroon is still trying to put down effective policies for the supply of safe drinking water for its rural population. Many initiatives to supply these communities through a national water distribution network have remained for the most dead letters or fruitless. A very high number of people still endanger their life daily by relying on archaic water supply techniques – when they are working – and by consuming unsafe water. This study therefore investigates

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Pan, Yajuan. "Canopy Change Assessment and Water Resources Utilization in the Civano Community, Arizona." The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622784.

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The Civano community of Tucson, Arizona, is built for sustainability. Trees and plants are precious resources in the community and balancing human needs and natural resources. The design of rainwater harvesting systems and the usage of reclaimed water inside the community effectively irrigate plants and save drinking water. This project estimates canopy changes over time and explores the effect of water resources on plant growth for developed areas and natural areas, respectively. This project generates land cover classifications for 2007, 2010, and 2015 using supervised classification method

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Angrill, Toledo Sara. "Enviromental assessment of rainwater harvesting strategies in urban areas from a life cycle perspective." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/311428.

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En el context de la transició cap a la sostenibilitat urbana un dels majors reptes que encaren les societats modernes és l’aprovisionament d'aigua, un recurs que és reconegut cada vegada més com a valuós mentre la quantitat i qualitat disponibles en disminueixen. La creixent evidència d'escassetat d'aigua a nivell mundial promou la necessitat de treballar en possibles sinèrgies entre les diferents fonts d’aigua existents i a diferents escales per tal de desenvolupar una xarxa més integrada, eficient i equitativa. Aquesta tesi es centra en l’aprofitament de l’aigua de pluja com a recurs endoge

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Siddall, Omolara Oyewumi. "A multi-criteria decision analysis framework for sustainable rainwater harvesting systems in Ibadan, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602351.

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The approach to water management worldwide is currently in transition, with a shift from centralised infrastructures to greater consideration of decentralised technologies, such as rainwater harvesting (R WH). Initiated by recognition of drivers, including water demand, increasing risk of ground-water pollution and flooding, the value of R WH is filtering across the academic-policy boundary. However, in Nigeria, implementation of sustainable water management (SWM), such as R WH systems, is inefficient social, environmental and technical barriers, concerns and knowledge gaps exist, which curren

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Egyir, Selina Naana. "Climate change, rainwater harvesting and private water systems : perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours in Scotland." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/3323.

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Water resources in Scotland are under immense pressure despite the perception that it rains a lot and there are abundant water resources. High amount of energy is utilized for the transport and treatment of water for consumption which contradicts the UK government’s carbon neutral agenda. Climate change is also expected to alter precipitation patterns in the UK especially Scotland despite the perception that it rains a lot and there are abundant water resources. There is the need to adapt to water-related changes by ensuring reliable water supply to households whilst protecting the natural env

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Tanwar, Vikas. "Bridging water demand-supply gap : through rainwater harvesting in public green spaces in Delhi, India." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32269.

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"Water is likely to become one of the limiting resources of the next century, as well as one with multiple often conflicting uses." UNCEO NY1994 Presently, at least 1.1 billion of the world's people - about one in five - do not have access to safe water. City of Delhi in India is facing acute water crisis with a current demand supply gap of 236 million gallon per day (MGD) which is expected to widen to 564 MGD by the year 2021.ln view of the growing water crisis, the main objective of the thesis is to look into ways of mitigating the water crises in Delhi by bridging the water demand supply ga

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Bertrand, Nathalie Marie-Ange. "Impacts of scaling up water recycling and rainwater harvesting technologies on hydraulic and hydrological flows." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2008. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4003.

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In recent years, the increasing awareness of scarcity of water resources, indications of likely climate variability, and the increasing pressure to use available fresh water resources more efficiently have together reinforced the need to look at infrastructure solutions with due regard to environmental considerations and social impacts, present and future. There is a vital need to apply an integrated approach to catchment management to implement sustainable solutions to resolve issues such as water supply and sewerage, drainage and river flooding. Many potentials solutions are available to con

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Ward, Sarah. "Rainwater harvesting in the UK : a strategic framework to enable transition from novel to mainstream." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/106575.

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The approach to water management worldwide is currently in transition, with a shift evident from purely centralised infrastructure to greater consideration of decentralised technologies, such as rainwater harvesting (RWH). Initiated by recognition of drivers including increasing water demand and increasing risk of flooding, the value of RWH is beginning to filter across the academic-policy boundary. However, in the UK, implementation of RWH systems is not straight forward; social and technical barriers, concerns and knowledge gaps exist, which currently restrict its widespread utilisation. Pre

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Lebel, Sarah Marie Anne. "Assessing the potential of rainwater harvesting as an adaptation strategy to climate change in Africa." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/8256/.

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Stabilizing smallholder crop yields under changing climatic conditions in Africa will require adequate adaptation strategies focused on soil and water management. In some regions, rainwater harvesting (RWH) is used already to decrease the susceptibility of crops to frequent dry spells. Findings from this thesis show that Africa is likely to see significant changes in rainfall patterns during crop growing seasons, including higher intensity rainfall and more frequent very long dry spells. It is shown that RWH is a valuable adaptation strategy to climate change in Africa for maize, millet, and s

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Neibaur, Elena E. "Sustainability Analysis of Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Current and Future Water Security in Rural Mexico." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2245.

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Rainwater harvesting, the act of capturing and storing rain, is an ancient practice that is increasingly utilized today by communities to address water supply needs. This thesis examines whether domestic rainwater harvesting systems (DRWHS) can be a sustainable solution as defined by social, water quality, and technical feasibility for water security in semi-arid, rural environments. For this study, 50 surveys and 17 stored rainwater analyses were conducted in San Jose Xacxamayo, Mexico, in conjunction with my Peace Corps work of implementing 82 DRWHS. Results showed that all DRWHS were social

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Chacha, Juan Diego Godoy. "Urban Water : Harvesting Rainwater at household level to improve the current water metabolism in Cuenca – Ecuador." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-177570.

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With a global population about 7 billion people and their continued growth are pressuring global natural resources, in freshwater matter this pressure is altering both the river flows; timing season of water flows; and spatial patterns in order to meet human demands both in urban as rural areas. However, water stress in urban areas are increasing and expectations by 2050 are grim with a global urban development by 70 percent moreover urbanization rate expected by 2030 in Latin America is 80 percent, thus the water concerns because of high average water consumption 220 lpd, and water leakage by

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Pater, Susan. "Catch the Rain! Rainwater Harvesting Activities 4-H2O: A Guide for 4-H Leaders and Teachers." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/147029.

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220 pp.<br>A collection of hands-on, interactive activities designed to engage youth in understanding purposes, uses, applications, and designs of rainwater harvesting systems. Together the activities promote a culture of conservation through the development of rainwater harvesting demonstration and use projects, encouragement of community awareness and action, and optimally the reduction of groundwater and surface water use.

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Dobrowsky, Penelope Heather. "Quality assessment of domestic harvested rainwater in the peri-urban region of Kleinmond, Western Cape and the optimisation of point-of-use treatment systems." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86278.

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Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH) refers to the collection and storage of rainwater for domestic purposes and in an effort to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MGD), the South African government has started an initiative where DRWH tanks are financed in sustainable housing schemes in an aim to provide an additional water source directly to households. Although many provinces, including parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal, have been using harvested rainwater as a potable water source, there are a limited number

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Glendenning, Claire. "Evaluating the impacts of rainwater harvesting (RWH) in a case study catchment: The Arvari River, Rajasthan, India." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5835.

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In many areas of India, increasing groundwater use has led to depleted aquifers. Rainwater harvesting (RWH), the small scale collection and storage of runoff to augment groundwater stores, is seen as a solution to the deepening groundwater crisis in India. However while the social and economic gains of RWH have been highlighted, there has not yet been a thorough attempt to evaluate the impacts of RWH on larger catchment hydrological balances. The thesis here will endeavour to address this research gap through a case study of the 476 km2 ungauged semi-arid Arvari River catchment in the state

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Glendenning, Claire. "Evaluating the impacts of rainwater harvesting (RWH) in a case study catchment: The Arvari River, Rajasthan, India." Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5835.

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Doctor of Philosophy(PhD)<br>In many areas of India, increasing groundwater use has led to depleted aquifers. Rainwater harvesting (RWH), the small scale collection and storage of runoff to augment groundwater stores, is seen as a solution to the deepening groundwater crisis in India. However while the social and economic gains of RWH have been highlighted, there has not yet been a thorough attempt to evaluate the impacts of RWH on larger catchment hydrological balances. The thesis here will endeavour to address this research gap through a case study of the 476 km2 ungauged semi-arid Arvari

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