Rainwater Harvesting for Agriculture and Water Supply

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zhu, Qiang (Editor), Gould, John (Editor), Li, Yuanhong (Editor), Ma, Chengxiang (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Hydrology.; Ecology.; Water pollution.; Life Sciences.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

This book offers key resource materials developed for an international training course on Rainwater Harvesting and Utilization hosted annually by the Gansu Research Institute for Water Conservancy in Lanzhou, China since 2003. Topics cover the design, construction and management of rainwater harvest...

Table of Contents:

• Why Harvesting Rainwater: China's Experiences
• Dimensioning the Rainwater Harvesting System
• Structural Design of the Rainwater Harvesting System
• Construction and Operation and Maintenance of Rainwater Harvesting Project
• Rainwater Harvesting Techniques for Irrigation
• Rainwater Harvesting and Agriculture
• Rainwater Harvesting: Global Overview
• Rainwater Harvesting for Domestic Supply
• Rainwater Harvesting Systems in the Humid Tropics
• Rainwater Quality Management
• Runoff Farming.