Intro -- Cover -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1: Basic Concepts -- I. The importance of rainwater catchment systems -- I.1 History of rainwater catchment systems -- I.2 Rainwater harvesting in Mesoamerica -- I.3 Recent efforts of rainwater harvesting around the world -- II. FUNDAMENTALS OF RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM -- REFERENCES -- Section 2: Narratives of RWH -- Chapter 1: Rain: Water for health, livelihood and self-reliance -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 HARVESTING RAIN, GOING GLOBAL -- 1.3 RAINWATER HARVESTING FOR DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY -- 1.3.1 Why collect rainwater for drinking and domestic needs? -- 1.3.1.1 In semi-arid areas or at an uphill elevation -- 1.3.1.2 When ground water has a bad taste -- 1.3.1.3 Substitution -- 1.3.1.4 Rainwater may bring a better service -- 1.3.2 Managing the stored water -- 1.3.3 Quality of harvested and stored rain water -- 1.3.4 Initiating rainwater harvesting programmes -- 1.4 USE OF RAINWATER FOR DOMESTIC USE -- 1.5 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) 6 -- 1.6 HOW TO PROVIDE WATER SUPPLY SERVICES TO THE LAST 10% OF THE UNSERVED? -- 1.7 BE READY TO COLLECT AND STORE RAIN -- 1.8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: Harvesting the potential -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP -- 2.3 HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR STORMWATER REDUCTION -- 2.4 HARVESTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO INFLUENCE DECISION MAKERS -- 2.5 HARVESTING RAINWATER FOR LIFE -- 2.6 HARVEST THE POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE EDUCATION -- 2.6.1 The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) -- 2.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: Transforming tradition of rainwater harvesting in Sri Lanka -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 INSTITUTIONAL UPTAKE OF RWH -- 3.3 LANKA RAINWATER HARVESTING FORUM -- 3.4 RAINWATER POLICY AND REGULATIONS IN SRI LANKA.

3.5 PROVIDING WATER AND FOOD SECURITY FOR COMMUNITIES AT TIMES OF DISASTER -- 3.6 CLIMATE RISK RESILIENCE -- 3.7 IMPROVING HEALTH -- 3.8 RUNOFF COLLECTION FOR CROP GROWTH -- 3.9 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: Rainwater catchment on Hawai'i Island -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.1.1 Introduction to Hawai'i -- 4.1.2 Catchment history -- 4.2 UNIQUENESS OF THE BIG ISLAND CATCHMENT -- 4.3 REGULATIONS -- 4.4 WATER QUALITY -- 4.5 RAINWATER CATCHMENT PROGRAM BEGINNING -- 4.6 THE RAINWATER CATCHMENT PROGRAM -- 4.7 RAINWATER CATCHMENT PROGRAM EXPANSION -- 4.7.1 Education -- 4.7.2 Available agent -- 4.8 COLLABORATIONS -- 4.8.1 Vendor support -- 4.8.2 Expanding research and collaborations -- 4.9 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE EFFECTS ON RAINWATER CATCHMENT -- 4.9.1 Weather/rainfall -- 4.9.2 Environmental change: Invasive species -- 4.9.3 Environmental change: Volcanic -- 4.9.4 Environmental study -- 4.10 SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5: Mexican rainwater harvesting movement in recent years -- 5.1 RAINWATER HISTORY IN MEXICO -- 5.2 RAINWATER IN 21ST CENTURY MEXICO -- 5.3 RAINWATER AS AN INDUSTRIAL APPROACH -- 5.4 INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS -- 5.4.1 Expansion of good rainwater practices -- 5.4.2 Certification program to accredit professionals in rainwater harvesting -- 5.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6: Harvesting rainwater: An adaptation strategy for peace and the climate crisis -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 CONFRONTING GLOBAL CLIMATE CRISIS -- 6.3 RAIN IN THE ANDEAN AMAZONIAWATER CYCLE -- 6.3.1 Scaling rainwater harvesting -- 6.4 KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGES -- 6.5 INTEGRATED RAINWATER MANAGEMENT APPROACH -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Section 3: Programs -- Chapter 7: Social enterprise on sky water harvesting for solving drinking water crisis in coastal areas in Bangladesh -- 7.1 DRINKING WATER CRISIS IN COASTAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH -- 7.2 BASE LINE SURVEY.

7.3 DEVELOPMENT OF LOW-COST RAINWATER TANK -- 7.4 AMAMIZU SOCIAL PROJECT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8: Catalyzing the widespread adoption of rainwater harvesting in Mexico City -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGE -- 8.3 ISLA URBANA MODEL -- 8.4 OTHER TESTED SOLUTIONS -- 8.5 SOCIAL ENTREPRENUERSHIP SOLUTION MARKETING APPROACH -- 8.6 GOALS AND EXPECTED IMPACT -- 8.7 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN -- 8.8 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9: Promotion of rainwater harvesting as a business -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 RAINWATER HARVESTING AS A BUSINESS -- 9.2.1 A Case of the Rainwater4Sale project in Lwengo District, Uganda -- 9.2.2 Lessons learned -- 9.2.3 Challenges and how they were addressed -- 9.3 CONCLUSION -- WHO WE ARE -- OUR MANDATE -- Chapter 10: Experience in sustainable management of rainwater for multiple purposes: Case in ten villages, gossas district, Senegal -- 10.1 CONTEXT -- 10.2 HYDRO-GEOGRAPHY AND HYDRO-CHEMISTRY IN GOSSAS -- 10.3 METHODOLOGY -- 10.4 RESULTS -- 10.5 DISCUSSION -- 10.6 DIFFICULTIES AND LIMITS OF THE PROJECT -- 10.7 LESSONS LEARNED -- 10.8 CONCLUSIONS -- 10.9 BENEFICIARIES' TESTIMONIALS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11: Rainwater harvesting for improved food security and environmental conservation -- Experiences from Malawi -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 CONTEXT -- 11.2.1 Geographical location -- 11.2.2 The Rainwater Harvesting Association of Malawi -- 11.2.3 Policy direction on rainwater harvesting in Malawi -- 11.3 RAINWATER HARVESTING PRACTICES IN MALAWI -- 11.3.1 Above ground tanks -- 11.3.2 Lined underground tanks -- 11.3.3 Dams -- 11.3.4 In-situ or soil storage rainwater harvesting -- 11.3.5 Flood-based farming systems -- 11.4 BENEFITS AND IMPACTS OF RAINWATER HARVESTING -- 11.4.1 Lessons learned -- 11.5 WAY FORWARD -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 12: Challenges and opportunities in the implementation of rainwater barrels. An analysis of usability for the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, México -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AS AN INTERVENTION TOOL -- 12.3 USABILITY AS AN EVALUATION TOOL OF DESIGNED OBJECTS -- 12.4 USABILITY MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS -- 12.5 STAGES OF THE SYSTEMIC MODEL -- 12.6 RAIN BARRELS AND THE SCALL -- 12.7 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RAINWATER COLLECTION BARRELS -- 12.8 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RAINWATER BARRELS -- 12.9 RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section 4: Notable Technical Cases -- Chapter 13: The success story of multi-purpose rainwater management system at Star City, Korea: Design, climate change adaptation potential and philosophy -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 DESIGN AND OPERATION OF STAR CITY RWHM -- 13.2.1 Design -- 13.2.2 Operation data (Han & -- Nguyen, 2018) -- 13.2.2.1 Water quality -- 13.2.2.2 Water quantity -- 13.3 CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION POTENTIAL -- 13.4 PHILOSOPICAL CONSIDERATION OF STAR CITY -- 13.4.1 Win-Win process -- 13.4.2 Philosophy of 'Dong' (Village) -- 13.4.3 Five Commandments for water management -- 13.5 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14: Developing a national rainwater harvesting standard -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 DISCUSSION -- 14.3 TECHNICAL -- 14.3.1 The collection surface (roof) -- 14.3.2 Water storage and distribution -- 14.3.3 Water sanitation - maintaining water quality -- 14.3.4 Maintenance and testing -- 14.4 POLITICS AND PUBLIC AWARENESS -- 14.5 SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15: Stormwater management in transition in Brussels-Capital Region -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 STORMWATER AS A SOURCE OF DAMAGE FOR THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT -- 15.3 STORMWATER BOTH AS A RESOURCE AND AS A SOURCE OF DAMAGE IN WATER AND URBAN POLICIES -- 15.4 PRESENT WATER-RELATED HAZARDS.

15.4.1 Sewer system overflows as the main source of surface water pollution -- 15.4.2 Pluvial urban flooding -- 15.4.3 Conventional actions to mitigate urban flooding -- 15.5 FRAGMENTATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN REGIONAL, INTER-MUNICIPAL AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS -- 15.6 DYNAMISM OF THE CIVIL SOCIETY AS A LINK BETWEEN URBAN PLANNING AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT -- 15.7 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16: Smart rainwater management and its impacts on drought resilience by Rural Semi-Arid communities: a case study of Northeast Brazil -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 AREA OF REFERENCE -- 16.3 THE ANSWER IS TO LIVE WITH THE SEMI-ARID CLIMATE -- 16.4 FIVE STEPS OF (RAIN) WATER MANAGEMENT -- 16.4.1 Water for families -- 16.4.2 Water for the Community -- 16.4.3 Water for agriculture -- 16.4.4 Water for emergency situations -- 16.4.5 Managing water for the environment -- 16.5 EVALUATION AND OUTLOOK -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17: Every drip counts: Confusion of cause with effect in the climate debate -- 17.1 BACKGROUND -- 17.2 POTSDAMER PLATZ -- 17.3 ADLERSHOF PHYSICS BUILDING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18: The Calabash Cistern 5000 L in Africa -- 18.1 INTRODUCTION -- 18.2 THE DESIGN OF THE CALABASH CISTERN -- 18.2.1 Development -- 18.2.2 The 5000 L Calabash Cistern -- 18.2.3 Shape -- 18.2.4 Advantages -- 18.3 THE CALABASH PROJECT IN GUINEA-BISSAU -- 18.3.1 How it started -- 18.3.2 The 1st pillar of the project: The African village -- 18.3.3 The 2nd pillar (and driver): A private water cistern -- 18.3.4 The 3rd pillar: The initiative -- 18.3.5 The start of the Calabash project was booming -- 18.3.6 The Calabash Project sails to the islands of Guinea-Bissau -- 18.3.7 Clean water changes opinion about cholera -- 18.3.8 Transport and salty sand -- 18.3.9 Another change -- 18.4 THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL INTERNATIONAL TRAINING IN DR CONGO.

18.4.1 The importance of the manager.