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Experience with Rainwater Catchment Systems in Kenya and Botswana
Author(s) -
McPHERSON H. J.,
GOULD J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1985.tb01070.x
Subject(s) - rainwater harvesting , drainage basin , water resource management , arid , water supply , catchment area , environmental science , environmental planning , geography , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental engineering , geology , ecology , cartography , paleontology , geotechnical engineering , biology
Rainwater catchment is a valuable but frequently neglected alternative a domestic water supply in the developing world. In the arid and semi‐arid areas of Kenya and Botswana a number of water supply programmes which depend wholly or in part on rainwater catchment are currently being implemented. This paper discusses this experience and describes the various construction techniques being used. It has been found that rainwater catchments has a number of very unique advantages and relatively few disadvantages. It is argued that more consideration should be given to the inclusion of rainwater catchment systems, especially in rural water supply programmes.