Experience with Rainwater Catchment Systems in Kenya and Botswana

H. J. McPHERSON and J. Gould

Natural Resources Forum, 1985, vol. 9, issue 4, 253-263

Abstract: 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.

Date: 1985
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