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Women rainwater harvesters in education on rainwater utilization

open access: yesJournal of the Geographical Institute Jovan Cvijic, SASA, 2022
This research aims to describe the role of women in education on and utilization of rainwater to increase awareness and insight into water conservation in both the family and community environment. Women are faced with gender differences in the inclusion into the society.
Garin Darpitamurti   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Tank costs for domestic rainwater harvesting in East Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Rainwater harvesting from hard roofing can provide safe water to meet the basic domestic needs of several hundred million people in low-income countries.
Rowe, Nick   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Rainwater harvesting feasibility considering deep uncertainties

open access: yes, 2023
This is the code developed in student Gabriela Pacheco's PHD to assess rainwater harvesting systems feasibility considering deep ...
Gabriela Cristina Ribeiro Pacheco   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Rainwater harvesting:environmentally beneficial for the UK? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Rainwater harvesting (RWH) feels right from a long-term sustainability perspective. Short-cutting the hydrological cycle seems to make logical sense from an environmental stance, and the technique is being driven into new buildings in the United Kingdom (
Cooke, R.   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Modelling of a roof runoff harvesting system: The use of rainwater for toilet flushing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The water balance of a four-people family rainwater harvesting system was calculated in a case study. The experimental water saving efficiency (WSE) was calculated as 87 %.
Sablayrolles, Caroline,   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Water quality monitoring and hydraulic evaluation of a household roof runoff harvesting system in France [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The quality of harvested rainwater used for toilet flushing in a private house in the south-west of France was assessed over a one-year period. Twenty-one physicochemical parameters were screened using standard analytical techniques.
Huau, Marie-Christine   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Water and Energy Conservation of Rainwater Harvesting System in the Loess Plateau of China

open access: yesJournal of Integrative Agriculture, 2013
Water is the source of all the creatures on the earth and energy is the main factor driving the world. With the increasing population and global change, water and energy conservation have become worldwide focal issues, particularly in the water-stressed ...
Zhi-yun JIANG, Xiao-yan LI, Yu-jun MA
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of contour rainwater-harvesting and integrated nutrient management on sorghum grain yield in semi-arid farming environments of Zimbabwe

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Scandinavica. Section B, Soil and Plant Science, 2022
The application of insufficient amounts of mineral fertiliser, coupled with unreliable precipitation, has caused a drastic reduction in the yield of sorghum in the smallholder-farming areas of Zimbabwe.
Friday N. M. Kubiku   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rainwater harvesting as a sustainable solution for the production of urban hydroponic crops

open access: yesWater Reuse
Population growth and poor agricultural practices demand an improvement in the efficiency of food production. Urban hydroponic crops represent a potential solution to this challenge.
Adrián Sucozhañay   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

On-site assessment of environmental and sanitary qualities of Rainwater Harvesting System (RWH) in a rural community in Benin City, Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2016
Around fifty percent of individuals living in underdeveloped countries lack safe drinking water and sanitation. Occasionally their water sources get contaminated with their waste leading to an elevated level of distress. The improvement of water supply,
Isoken H. Igbinosa, Osahon V. Osemwengie
doaj   +1 more source

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