Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas

With the increases in world population, the demand for natural resource like water also increases. Groundwater and surface resources have been used are being utilized quicker than they could be replaced.  Thus, water harvesting is an exercise that has been implemented by several countries as a feasi...

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Main Authors: Biruk Fikadu Gebreyess, Abayineh Amare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Brawijaya 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management
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Online Access:https://jdmlm.ub.ac.id/index.php/jdmlm/article/view/571
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spelling doaj-0d3927a45ee44d4aadf33e83caf8fbd42020-11-25T02:48:59ZengUniversity of BrawijayaJournal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management2339-076X2019-10-01711921192810.15243/jdmlm.2019.071.1921254Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areasBiruk Fikadu Gebreyess0Abayineh Amare1Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine2Department of Rural Development & Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine, Jimma UniversityWith the increases in world population, the demand for natural resource like water also increases. Groundwater and surface resources have been used are being utilized quicker than they could be replaced.  Thus, water harvesting is an exercise that has been implemented by several countries as a feasible means of water management techniques.  The aim of this paper is to review of literature on various types of water harvesting technologies available in different semi-arid and arid areas; to show features of water harvesting technology use and storage mechanisms; and to overview major pros and cons of water harvesting. It is concluded that since there are various water harvesting techniques with their unique characteristics, pros, and cons, it is always crucial to take the local context in to account where the water harvesting techniques are implemented.https://jdmlm.ub.ac.id/index.php/jdmlm/article/view/571catchmentsemi-arid and aridtechnologieswater harvesting
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author Biruk Fikadu Gebreyess
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Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas
Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management
catchment
semi-arid and arid
technologies
water harvesting
author_facet Biruk Fikadu Gebreyess
Abayineh Amare
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title Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas
title_short Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas
title_full Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas
title_fullStr Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas
title_full_unstemmed Water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas
title_sort water harvesting technologies in semi-arid and arid areas
publisher University of Brawijaya
series Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management
issn 2339-076X
publishDate 2019-10-01
description With the increases in world population, the demand for natural resource like water also increases. Groundwater and surface resources have been used are being utilized quicker than they could be replaced.  Thus, water harvesting is an exercise that has been implemented by several countries as a feasible means of water management techniques.  The aim of this paper is to review of literature on various types of water harvesting technologies available in different semi-arid and arid areas; to show features of water harvesting technology use and storage mechanisms; and to overview major pros and cons of water harvesting. It is concluded that since there are various water harvesting techniques with their unique characteristics, pros, and cons, it is always crucial to take the local context in to account where the water harvesting techniques are implemented.
topic catchment
semi-arid and arid
technologies
water harvesting
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