Rainwater harvesting
Practical Action
Rock Catchments. Several designs of rock catchment system looked at in detail by Erik
Niseen-Petersen.
Useful contacts
Development Technology Unit,
School of Engineering,
University of Warwick,
Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
Email dtu@eng.warwick.ac.uk
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/research/civil/crg/dtu/
- a number of case studies from around the world, with good descriptions.
Contact Dr Terry Thomas. Also the co-ordinators of the Rainwater Harvesting Research Group
(RHRG) http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/research/civil/crg/dtu/rwh/links/
International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (IRCSA)
Dept. of Natural Resources, Chinese Cultural University, Hwa Kang, Yang Min Shan, Taipei,
Taiwan.
E-mail: ufab0043@ms5hinet.net
Website: http://www.ircsa.org/
IRCSA Fact sheets http://www.ircsa.org/factsheets.htm
Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum (LRWF)
c/o Practical Action South Asia,
5 Lionel Eridisinghe Mawatha, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka
E-mail: rwhf@itdg.lanka.net
Website: http://www.rainwaterharvesting.com
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
41 Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110062, India
E-mail: cse@cseindia.org
People for promoting Rainwater Utilisation
1-8-1 Higashi-Mukojima, Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail murase-m@tc4.so-net.ne.jp
IRC (The International Water and Sanitation Centre)
PO Box 93190, 2509 AD
The Hague, Netherlands
E-mail: general@irc.nl
Website: http://www.irc.nl
Uganda Rain Water Association (URA),
P. O. Box 20026, Kampala, Uganda.
E-mail: wesacc.dwd@imul.com
Kenya Rainwater Association
P O Box 72387, Nairobi, Kenya
E-mail: kra@net2000ke.com
United Kingdom Rainwater Harvesting Association
Website: http://www.ukrha.co.uk
The Pelican Tank Rainwater Collection System - a packaged RWH collection system
developed in Australia for use in developing countries
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