Rainwater Harvesting
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Reliability of quality and quantity through rainwater harvesting
- Ferro cement tank construction by community groups
- Rock catchments
Rainwater harvesting is a simple and well-founded concept in that it seeks economical ways to retain clean rainwater close to the homestead, thereby avoiding expensive water treatment and conveyance costs. However the details of rainwater harvesting systems frequently define whether the system operates effectively.
Rural Focus has worked with women groups in Laikipia to build 6 m3 and 10 m3 ferro-cement water tanks for homesteads and institutions.
Rural Focus has successfully implemented a number of rainwater harvesting systems for residential houses.
Rural Focus established a decision support tool which combines rainfall data, roof size and demand to establish reliability curves and recommended tank sizes
