The Potential of RainWater Harvesting Systems in Europe–Current State of Art and Future Perspectives

K Wartalska, M Grzegorzek, M Bełcik… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Springer
Water scarcity and climate change led to changes in water management, especially in urban
areas. RainWater Harvesting (RWH) is a promising technique that allows the collection and …

Rainwater: a potential alternative source for scarce safe drinking and arsenic contaminated water in Bangladesh

MM Islam, FNF Chou, MR Kabir, CH Liaw - Water resources management, 2010 - Springer
Although Bangladesh receives plenty of rainwater during its monsoon, both rural and urban
areas suffer from shortages of safe drinking water during dry season. Arsenic contamination …

Smart Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Potable Water Supply in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas

T Judeh, I Shahrour, F Comair - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a smart rainwater harvesting (RWH) system to address water scarcity in
Palestine. This system aims to improve the water harvesting capacity by using a shared …

Heavy metals in harvested rainwater used for domestic purposes in rural areas: Yatta Area, Palestine as a case study

F Anabtawi, N Mahmoud, IA Al-Khatib… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rainwater harvesting is considered one of the most important water resources in the
Palestinian countryside. In this research, the study area chosen for the study was Yatta town …

[PDF][PDF] Spatiotemporal variability assessment of rainwater quality in oil and gas exploration region of Nigeria

CB Afangideh, UU Udokpoh - Journal of Human …, 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
In develo** countries where the prevailing water supply systems are inadequate to meet
the demands of their citizens, rainwater harvesting (RWH) has become an alternative source …

Determination of trace heavy metals in harvested rainwater used for drinking in Hebron (south West Bank, Palestine) by ICP-MS

H Malassa, F Al-Rimawi, M Al-Khatib… - Environmental monitoring …, 2014 - Springer
Rainwater samples harvested for drinking from the west part of Hebron (south of West Bank
in Palestine), the largest city in the West Bank, were analyzed for the content of different …

Source apportionment of rainwater chemical composition in wet precipitation at Kelaniya in Sri Lanka

AB Liyandeniya, MP Deeyamulla… - Air Quality, Atmosphere & …, 2020 - Springer
Rainwater quality is of utmost importance as it can be used to predict atmospheric quality
which of course governs, to some extent, the health of the ecosystem. In this regard, the …

Preliminary assessment of rainwater harvesting potential in Nigeria: Focus on flood mitigation and domestic water supply

CC Nnaji, NC Mama - Water resources management, 2014 - Springer
This study was accomplished using 26 locations in the major ecological zones of Nigeria as
well as different classes of residential buildings and different levels of water consumption …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of rain water harvesting systems in a rural community of Edo State, Nigeria

EA Tobin, TF Ediagbonya, G Ehidiamen… - Journal of Public …, 2013 - academicjournals.org
The study assessed the practice of rain water harvesting (RWH) in a rural community in Edo
state, Nigeria. Using a cross sectional study design, pre-tested structured interviewer …

Supplementing urban water supply with rainwater harvesting in Accra, Ghana

K Owusu, J Kofi Teye - International Journal of Water Resources …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the challenges associated with rainwater harvesting and usage in peri-
urban Accra. Data collected from 357 heads of household reveal that rainwater harvesting …