Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century by Adler, Ilan; Adeyeye, Kemi; Bello-Dambatta, Aisha; Takacs, Berill;

Short description:

Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century serves as a rigorous yet practical guide for a broad audience interested in the many opportunities that RWH systems can provide, including water security, food security, flood management, and climate change adaptation.

Long description:

Access to water in many parts of the world is increasingly challenging due to scarcity, quality issues and lack of access to adequate supply infrastructure. Currently, over 2 billion people around the world experience high water stress, and about 4 billion people experience severe water scarcity for at least one month on an annual basis. Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is increasingly seen as both an excellent alternative source of water and a valuable climate change adaptation measure. However, large-scale adoption remains challenging in many parts of the globe. This book, Rainwater Harvesting for the 21st Century, serves as a rigorous yet practical guide for a broad audience interested in the many opportunities that RWH systems can provide, including water and food security, flood management and climate change adaptation. It comprehensively covers the state of the art in RWH with practical examples of cutting-edge research and innovation in the design, operation and maintenance of RHW systems from both academics and practitioners. Highlights include:

• A comprehensive, transdisciplinary perspective of the latest advances in RWH techniques.
• Examples and case studies from around the world.

Table of Contents:

PART 1 Research, Innovation, State‐of‐the‐Art 1. From Rooftops to Impermeable Pavements: The Lifecycle Assessment, Environmental Benefits and Trade‐offs of Rainwater Harvesting 2. Decentralized Urban Rainwater Harvesting in the Semiarid: A Life Cycle Assessment Based on Eco‐design 3. Optimization of Rainwater Harvesting System design through remote sensing and modelling. 4. Rainwater Harvesting in Jordan: Inherited Resilience and Adaptability. 5. Analysis of Climatic Extremes in the Gambia Watershed in the Context of Hydroelectric Infrastructure Development Case Study 1 Demonstrating Decentralised Circular Rainwater Management Solutions to Combat Water Scarcity in the Mediterranean: The HYDROUSA Mykonos Demo Case Study 2 Rainwater Harvesting as an Affordable Drinking Water Solution for Emerging Chemical Contaminants: A Case Study of Guanajuato, Mexico PART 2 Rainwater Harvesting in Practice 6. Scaling-up Rainwater Harvesting in Mexico City: A Socio-Environmental Review. 7. The Role of Boardwalk Cistern in Supplementing Water-deficient Irrigation in a Semiarid Region 8. Designing School Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Water‐Scarce Developing Countries Case Study 3 Mapping of Suitable Green Water Harvesting Interventions at Arid Ecosystems to Enhance Water-food-ecosystem Nexus: A Case from Jordan Case Study 4 Rainwater Harvesting Case Study from Gansu Province, China Case Study 5 Inter‐seasonal Rainwater Harvesting Project at a School in Zimbabwe PART 3 Blueprint for the Future 9. Appropriate Technology in Rural DevelopingWorld Contexts: Designing for Simplicity, Durability, and Long‐term Functionality 10. Rainwater Harvesting in the 21st Century: Impactful Water Partnerships 11. Rainwater Harvesting and Community Water Security in South‐west Uganda 12. Rainwater Harvesting for Water Security and Gender Equity Case Study 6 Madagascar: Social Enterprise as a Financially Sustainable and Replicable Model for Long Term Functionality