Assessment of potential surface runoff harvesting sites is an important undertaking in a country like Ethiopia, where high spatial variability rainfall, recurrent drought, and flash floods are common. In this study, geographical information system (GIS)-based multi-criteria evaluation was used to select rainwater Oromia, the Bale lowland, Ethiopia. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for stand...

The source of clean water for the people Sukaluyu Village, Telukjambe Timur District, Karawang Regency comes from surface water, namely Drinking Water Company (PAM), and some ground water. Excessive groundwater withdrawal will cause volume to shrink. On other hand, during rainy season, due excess discharge, problem that often arises is flooding. These floods can occur in areas close rivers. One...

Rainwater harvesting technology is among the oldest methods of fetching water households. The demand for use has grown globally outpacing population growth, and increasingly, many regions are currently reaching levels which services unsustainable, especially in Arid Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) regions. Inadequate domestic agricultural had negative impacts on households ASAL areas. There been however...

BACKGROUND In Brazil, about two million people living in rural semiarid regions were benefited with the construction of rainwater cement cisterns, as an initiative from the program "One Million Cisterns" (P1MC). Nevertheless, few epidemiological studies have been conducted to assess health risks or protection effects associated with consumption of this water source. The aim of this study was to...

Due to the impact of climate change and rapid urbanization, issues around global urban flood control water environment security have emerged as major concerns. As a practical way address these issues, exploitation rainwater resources has become worldwide hotspot for research application. This paper 1) briefly examined evolution utilization management modes in advanced countries, 2) classified m...

Rainwater harvesting presents a viable option for securing water availability in order to increase food production. The study focuses on rural youth in Luphisi and Dwaleni villages in the Mpumalanga Province and considers the relationship between youth capabilities and food security. The study uses qualitative data collected from focus group discussions and quantitative data from a baseline sur...