Reports from "Rainwater harvesting in the humid tropics" sponsored by the European Commission

 

Technology

Current Technology for Storing Domestic Rainwater

(Jan 1999)

Full Document (55pp, 630kb)

Research into single skin, externally reinforced, brick tanks and low-cost, thin-shell, ferrocement tank cover

(April 1999)

Full Document (45pp, 1.1Mb)

Stabilised Soil Tanks for Rainwater Storage

(September 2000)

Full Document (51pp, 900kb)

Recommendations for designing Rainwater harvesting system tanks

(January 2001)

Full Document (36pp, 620kb)

 

Institutions

Attitudes towards Rainwater Harvesting

(January 1999)

Full Document (8pp, 47kb)

Domestic Rainwater Harvesting: Perceptions of Water Professionals and the way forward

(April 1999)

Full Document (8pp, 30kb)

The inclusion of domestic roofwater harvesting in a national water legislation framework

(July 2001)

Full Document (31pp, 150kb)

 

Health

DRWH Water Quality: A Literature Review

(May 1999)

Full Document (70pp, 770kb)

DRWH and Insect Vectors: A Literature Review

(August 1999)

Full Document (18pp, 150kb)

Water Quality In Domestic Roof Water Harvesting Systems

(September 2000)

Full Document (39pp, 190kb)

DRWH Design & Insect Breeding

(March 2001)

Full Document (17pp, 90kb)

 

Water Security

Household Water Security in Sri Lanka Using Domestic Roof Water Harvesting

(December 1998)

Full Document (35pp, 160kb)

Concept Of Water Security Entailing Domestic Roof Water Harvesting

(September 1999)

Full Document (40pp, 200kb)

Current Rural Water Security Practices with DRWH

(March 2000)

Full Document (40pp, 180kb)

Household strategies for operating total and partial drwh to achieve water security under stress conditions recommended practices

(December 2000)

Full Document (23pp, 300kb)

Domestic roof water harvesting and water security in the humid tropics

(June 2001)

Full Document (43pp, 260kb)