Abstract

If water is life, rainwater is a fountain of life. The purpose of this book is to show how various communities have caught that fountain of life using rainwater catchment systems. This book looks at real, practical, global experiences of rainwater harvesting on individual, financially constrained, and community based levels through academic, mathematical and practical perspectives. This book can be used to learn practical skills, see inspiring examples, and to make math have more meaning. This book is for practitioners, DIYers, community members looking for water solutions, as well as for students and teachers in environmental science, environmental studies, sustainable design, international development, engineering, and mathematics. The book is broken into sections on rainwater catchment in general, types, components, gravity, calculations, implementation stories, useful links, conversions, and problem-sets.

Access a digital copy of the English or Spanish version of the book here. Sales proceeds from the print version go back to support the book and Appropedia Foundation.

Disciplines

Engineering | Environmental Sciences | Sustainability

Keywords

Water Supply, Engineering, Environment, Sustainability, Conservation

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Publication Date

2017

ISBN

978-1-947112-04-9

Publisher

Humboldt State University Press

City

Arcata