Rainwater harvesting in Brazil: investigating the viability of rainwater harvesting for a household in Brasília [PDF]
WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, Vol 86, 2006 This paper addresses the issue of harvesting rain for later use, as part of a decentralised sustainable urban water management scheme, by adapting an existing house in order to study the viability of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems. The goal of this study was to investigate the potential solutions for the application of a domestic RWH system for a ...
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Rainwater Harvesting Potential for Domestic Water Supply in Edo State [PDF]
In the face of increasing scarcity of water resources, there is a need for communities to undertake audits of their current rainwater harvesting potential as a practical and promising alternative solution for water shortage.
S. I. Oni, Emmanuel Ege
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Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
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Rainwater harvesting - An investigation into the potential for rainwater harvesting in Bradford
, 2012 This report provides a brief review of rainwater harvesting and rainwater harvesting tools, which are then used in case study examples for domestic, office block and warehouse rain water harvesting scenarios. Rainwater harvesting is placed in an historical context as a source of water supply and in a modern context as being complementary to centralised
Doncaster, S. +2 more
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Designing Rainwater Harvesting Systems Integrating Rainwater into Building Systems
, 2014 Water conservation is one of the most effective sustainable design practices, yet few professionals know how to collect and use rainwater effectively. Rainwater Harvesting the first comprehensive book on designing rainwater harvesting systems.
Novak, Celeste Allen +3 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
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, 1991 Denna litteraturöversikt tar upp en del av vad som har skrivits om rainwater harvesting. Termen rainwater harvesting används för ett antal olika metoder för att samla in och koncentrera regnvatten från ett större avrinningsområde till en mindre yta. I den här uppsatsen behandlas insamling av regnvatten för bevattning.
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Household water security through stored rainwater and consumer acceptability: a case study of the Anuradhapura District [PDF]
Rainwater harvesting has increased in popularity in Sri Lanka over the past two decades due to the number of water supply projects funded by the government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
De Silva, R. P. +2 more
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, 2015 This paper proposes an optimization model to determine the optimal tank size of a single residential housing unit for rainwater harvesting and storage. Taking into account the site specific data such as the rainfall profile, the roof area of the building,
Akintug, Bertug +2 more
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Why doesn’t every family practice rainwater harvesting? Factors that affect the decision to adopt rainwater harvesting as a household water security strategy in central Uganda [PDF]
, 2018 © 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article investigates the reasons householders do, and don’t, adopt domestic rainwater harvesting (DRWH).
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