Sustainability of rainwater harvesting systems in rural catchment of Sub-Saharan Africa

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2815-2839

  Pachpute, Jaishree S ^a   Tumbo, S D ^b   Sally, H ^a   Mul, M L ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^c UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Effective water use; Makanya catchment; Rainwater harvesting; Sub Saharan Africa; Sustainability; Water potential

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE WATER USE; MAKANYA CATCHMENT; RAINWATER HARVESTING; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER POTENTIAL;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CATCHMENTS; ECONOMICS; HARVESTING; RAIN; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CATCHMENT; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 70349245548     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9411-8     Document Type: Article

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