Greywater Use in the Middle East

Stephen McIlwaine, Mark Redwood

In water-scarce areas of the Middle East, greywater (household wastewater excluding toilet waste) is commonly used by poor communities to irrigate home gardens. This both supplements the water available to the household and improves food security. This book draws together material presented at a con...

Productive Water Points in Dryland Areas

Chris Lovell

Lack of water is the limiting factor for many household and community-based activities for millions of people living in dryland areas. Rural water supply programmes tend to focus only on improved access to domestic supply and improved sanitation. Less attention has been paid to how communities prefe...

Negotiating Water Rights

Bryan Randolph Bruns, Ruth Meinzen-Dick

This book presents a thorough exploration of water rights in the context of growing water scarcity and competition. It uses case studies from across the globe to identify: *the range of water rights and basis for claims on the resource. *local experiences in negotiating water rights and opportunitie...

Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply

John Gould

Erik Nissen-Petersen

Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply provides a state-of-the-art review of practice in the collection of rainwater. It presents case studies with numerous examples from around the world which will help anyone intending to design or construct a rainwater catchment system. The prime focus o...

Modern Irrigation Technologies for Smallholders in Developing Countries

Gez Cornish

Modern Irrigation Technologies reviews the experience of smallholders with irrigation technologies in a range of diverse conditions in many different countries. Some people argue that modern irrigation technologies are the key to increased food production. However, projects introducing modern irriga...

Community Water Supply

Saul Arlosoroff

In recent years, efforts to bring water to the rural poor have produced dramatic changes around the world. The concept of community management has established itself as the most sustainable approach. Technologies have been adapted to widely varying conditions and rigours and, most important, for the...