International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
Conference proceedings

 

7th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference
"Rainwater Utilization for the World's People"
Beijing , China - June, 1995

Preface

Topics

1. Comprehensive Study 7. Rainwater Utilization in Urban Areas
2. Socio-Economic Concern 8. Women Activities in Rainwater Use
3. Ecologic and Environmental Aspects 9. Rainwater Quality and its Protection
4. National or Regional Experiences 10. Techniques and Designing
5. Domestic Sector 11. Methodology and Modeling
6. Agricultural Sector  

1. Comprehensive Study

The Role of RWCS in 21st Century Water Management
Yu-Si Fok
(4pp PDF 150kb)
Rainwater Catchment Systems Context
Changming Liu and Haisheng Mou
(13pp PDF 660kb)
Rainwater Catchment and Utilization in the arid and Semi-Arid area in Gansu, China
Qiang Zhu and Fuxue Wu
(10pp PDF 270kb)
Why Not Harvest Rain?
J.E. Chagomelana
(3pp PDF 190kb)
Rainfall and Its Utilization in the Central Arid Region of Gansu Province
Xiaohu Gong
(9pp PDF 270kb)
Weather Modification as a Water Resource Shortage Solution in Heilongjiang: Possibility and Applicability
Ying Jin
(11pp PDF 250kb)

Construction of Plain Drainage System for a Good Use of Rainwater
Baohong Lu, Kailin Wang and Kejian Cai
(7pp PDF 390kb)

Technical Development of Rainwater Catchment Systems
Isao Minami
(5pp PDF 84kb)

2. Socio-Economic Concern

Socio-Economic Aspects of Rainwater Catchment Systems Utilization: The Developing World Perspective
Datius G. Rutashobya

(9pp PDF 580kb)
Flood Migration and Water Harvesting: Benefits from Rainwater Utilization
Ching-Ruey Luo and Yih-Zeng Ju

(7pp PDF 93kb)
Indigenous Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Sri Lanka: Current Status and an Eco-System Approach to Revitalization
C.M. Wijayaratna and A.S. Widanapathirana

(16pp PDF 760kb)
The Coordinate Growth Between the Development of Water Resources and Social Economics in Dalian
Weixin Luan

(7pp PDF 510kb)
Community Involvement in the Construction of Ferrocement Rainwater Tanks V The Case of Maswa District
E.J. Chaggu

(11pp PDF 580kb)
An Analysis on the Effects of Building the Ponds for Gathering Rainfall on the Upper Reaches of the Hualihe River
Hua Guan, Bingdong Zhao and Zhaoli Shi

(8pp PDF 430kb)

The Present Status and Future Prospects of Rainwater Catchment Systems in Taiwan
S.C. Chu, K.F. Andrew Lo and C.H. Liaw

(9pp PDF 360kb)

Rainwater Harvesting Project for Bounavista
Lakshman Welikala

(6pp PDF 150kb)
Analysis of Economic Benefit Generated Due to Groundwater Recharge by Rainwater Interception in North China
Zhenyuan Yan

(9pp PDF 500kb)
Community Participation in Water Harvesting Experiences and Lessons from Homabay District Nyanza Province, Kenya
Johnson Akoko Ouko

(8pp PDF 160kb)
Rational Exploitation of Water Resource in Heilongjiong Province
Guilan Zhang and Xuqiang Zhang
 
(9pp PDF 280kb)

3. Ecologic and Environmental Aspects

Effect of Rainwater Reuse on Ecological Environment in Shiyang River Catchment
Jiong-lin Shi
(7pp PDF 220kb)
Technological Development, Rainwater Utilization, Ecological Changes and Environmental Degradation in the Drylands of East Africa
J.P. Msangi

(12pp PDF 280kb)
Environmental Issues in Rain Water Catchment System
S.H.C. de Silva

(6pp PDF120kb)
Endfield research on Rainfall Utilization for Water and Soil Conservation at Soil and Water Loss Region in Zhalantun, China
Minghai Mao

(10pp PDF 230kb)
Fog Drip in California and Its Implications for Cisterns
Robert J. Kourik

(15pp PDF 300kb)
Environmental Contributions of Some Tradition Techniques
Nirmal Sengupta

(10pp PDF 310kb)

Studies on the Changing Tilting Angle of Solar Array in Rainwater Utilization System
Mitsuo Ide, Kouichi Takeyama, Akira Higuchi, Kenzo Ohar and Hikaru Tsutsui

(10pp PDF 180kb)

Building Rainwater Harvesting System to Protect Environment and Develop Production in Helan Mountain
Weinong Liu
(5pp PDF 170kb)
Relationship Among Acid Precipitation and Meteorological Factors
Xirong Wang, Deqing Zheng and Hongxing Wang
(6pp PDF 91kb)
Impact of Environmental Changes in Rainfall Pattern and Aridity in Eastern Sudan
Shamsul Haque Alvi and Nadir Ahmed Elagib
(16pp PDF 330kb)
Preliminary Analysis of the Use of the Rainwater in Heibei Province
Fenglan Yu   

(9pp PDF 200kb)

 

4. National or Regional Experiences

Rainwater Utilization in Semi-Arid Hilly Region of North China V A Case Study from Yuanshi County of Hebei Province
Jingtang Wu and Haisheng Mou
(12pp PDF 440kb)
Rainwater Catchment Systems in Texas
J.Hari Krishna
(5pp PDF 120kb)
Research on the Current Situation and Strategy for Development of Rainwater Utilization in Jiaodong Peninsula
Chenguang Jiang and Chunqiao Yuan
(8pp PDF 260kb)
An Overlook to the Development and Use of Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Iran
Jamal Ghoddousi
(11pp PDF 290kb)
Rainfall Utilization in the Islands of Haizhou Bay
Haitang Liang
(7pp PDF 160kb)
Development in Rainwater Catchment Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa
John E. Gould

(12pp PDF 350kb)
Indigenous Irrigation Systems and Resource Mobilization for Utilizing Rain Water: A Lesson from the Hills of Nepal
K.R. Adhikari
(16pp PDF 570kb)
Water Available in the Karstic Reef Limestone Area
Sunjoto Sun

(5pp PDF 140kb)
The Present Utility of Rainfall in South Part of Ningxia and the Prospect for Development
Junling Yu

(5pp PDF 150kb)

Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Techniques from Bangladesh
Abutaher Md. Ziauddin
(12pp PDF 190kb)

Explosion and Utilization of Rainwater Resources on Arid Area in Gansu Province
Yuan Tian and Yongxin Su
(6pp PDF 170kb)
Development on Rain-Fed agriculture of Delta of Wide Area in Asia
Isao Minami, Ichiro Kita, Nobuo Kanamori Chizuko Fukami and Vuong Back Tuyet
(10pp PDF 200kb)
Current State of Rainwater Utilization in Terracing Agriculture and Its Development in Gansu, China
Baosu Zheng
(7pp PDF 250kb)
Research of Flood Rainwater Utilization in Beijing Municipality
Shibo Hui

(10pp PDF 310kb)

5. Domestic Sector

Courtyard Model of Catchment and Storage Water in the Arid Areas
Xijin Yang, Singyou Zhang and Huairong Wu
(9pp PDF 220kb)
The Catchment and Utilization of Yard Rainwater in Zhuanyaogou Valley
Hongjian Li and Si Liang
(5pp PDF 140kb)
Rainfall Collection to Develop Courtyard Economy
Wenyuan Wang, Luhua Yang and Lianying Zhao
(4pp PDF 120kb)
Improved Roof Rainwater Harvesting in Primary Schools
Niemi Tapio
(15pp PDF 530kb)
The Rain Water Harvesting System and the Development of Courtyard Economy
Wanjun Zhang and Yonghui Yang

(7pp PDF 180kb)
Water Cellar: Safe, Convenient and Cost-Effective
Chaoyang Zhang, Maohang Ge, Wei Song and Yongsheng Wang
(8pp PDF 110kb)
Rainwater Harvesting for Buonavista Galle: Sri Lanka by the Church of Ceylon Board of Women's Work and the Archdeacon of Galle
Jessica Alles

(6pp PDF 150kb)
Rainwater Use in Livestock Farming and Gardening
Daulat Hussain

(9pp PDF 200kb)

Building Pond for Harvesting Hillside Rainwater: An Effective Solution to the Problem of Drinking Water Supply
Kuisheng Tang, Fuying Liu and Shiqing Tan
(11pp PDF 190kb)

Roof Rainwater Harvesting System in changdao County and Analysis on Its Ecological Benefits
Fuwen Sun, Qiyun Zhou and Yulu Liu
(9pp PDF 210kb)

6. Agricultural Sector

Cisterns for Rural Low Income Communities in Northeast Brazil
Johann Gnadlinger
(10pp PDF 350kb)
Perspective of Rain-Fed Agriculture's Development in Guantao County
Zhongsheng Zhou, Xingi Li and Yuanliang Lang
(10pp PDF 380kb)
Comprehensive Utilization and Administration of Water Resources of Zhang-Fu-He Irrigation Area
Haisen Zhao
(5pp PDF 210kb)
The Effect on Rainfall Catchment and Use of Sowing in Furrow (Sif) on Rain-Fed Crop
Yi Liu and Dabin Qian
(3pp PDF 100kb)
Agriculture Rainwater Catchment systems in Mudstone Areas of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
S.C. Chu, C.H. Liaw and W.L. Houng

(11pp PDF 270kb)
The Repetitive Irrigation Systems Used in Ouchi, Ishekawa Prefecture, Japan
Kunihiko Kitamura and Ichiro Kita
(5pp PDF 130kb)
High-Density Fish-Farming Using Warm Water Discharged from Power Plant - Discussion on Rain Water Reuse
Xiaozhi Shao and Hua Shao

(3pp PDF 3100kb)
Soil Water Conservation Practices and Their Research Advances in Northern China
Jianru Cao and Guansheng Zhang

(7pp PDF230kb)

The Way to Improve Water Use Efficiency on Rainfed Area
Youzeng Wang and Fengrui Chen
(5pp PDF 200kb)

Using the Rain Water Resource to Promote the Development of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Junmin Zhang and Huaibing Yuan
(5pp PDF 190kb)
Impact of Wheat Straw Mulch on Utilization of Rain and Snow Resources in Arid Land of China
Liuyun Pei
(6pp PDF 240kb)
Researches on Rain Conservation Measure for Unirrigated Date Trees
Qinghe Wang
(5pp PDF 180kb)
Countermeasures of Development of Rainfed Agriculture in Hilly Area of Qinghai Province
Xueliang Yang
(5pp PDF 210kb)
The Development of Rainwater Catchment System for Paddy Irrigation in the Muda Irrigation Scheme, Malaysia: A Case Study of In-Site Rainwater Harvesting
Uzir Adbul Malik and Sardar Ali
(19pp PDF 410kb)
Increasing the Rainfall Effective Utilization Ratio by Making Full Use of Forecasts on Meteorology and Soil Moisture Content
Luhua Yang and Wenyuan Wang
(5pp PDF 180kb)
The Exploitation of Rainfed Agricultural Region
Zitai Zhang and Songniang Guo
(4pp PDF 150kb)
Practices on the Rain-Fed Land Agricultural Deveopment in Heilonggang Area of Hebei Province
Shengli Qu
(4pp PDF 180kb)
A New Technology for the Effective Utilization of Rain in Agriculture
Jiujian Chi, Shuxiang Yan and Heyu Zhao
(10pp PDF 310kb)
Studies on the Optimal Development of Paddy Field in Songhuajiang Prefecture, Heilongjiang
Hengshi Li, Yuping Lan, Xudong Liu, Yudong Ren and Mingcai Qu
(3pp PDF 130kb)
Spatial Characteristic and Related Techniques of Rainwater Utilization for Dry Land Wheat
Xuetang Zhao
(10pp PDF 310kb)
'Bao Lou' Irrigation of Paddy Field to Promote, Rainwater Use Efficiency
Yongqing Yi
(6pp PDF 220kb)
The Transformation of Inferior Soil by Rain Water
K.Xiangqin Xiao
(10pp PDF 370kb)

7. Rainwater Utilization in Urban Areas

Integrated Water Management for Urban Areas
Wolfgang F. Geiger
(21pp PDF 890kb)
Studies on Rainfall Runoff Utilization in Urban Area in Beijing
Yuqi Chong, Weihua Zhang and Wei Duan
(7pp PDF 280kb)

Studies on Making Use of Rain Water in City Afforestation
Songnian Guo and Zitai Zhang
(3pp PDF 120kb)

Onsite Storage of Stormwater Runoff for Flood Control
Michael Boyd
(9pp PDF 370kb)

A Report of a Rainwater Catchment System in Golf Driving Range
Kevin Chiow Teck Lin

(5pp PDF 110kb)
Rainwater Utilization and Spring Conservation in Jinan
Hongnuan Han and Huibo Zhuang
(5pp PDF 180kb)
A Total Approach Towards the Design of RWCS in Airports Subjected to Tidal Effects
A. Appan, T. Jeyaprakasham and S. Punithan
(10pp PDF 280kb)
Strategic Options for Rainwater Harvesting Activities in Sub-Sahara Africa
G.K. Bambrah and F.O. Otieno

(7pp PDF 280kb)

8. Women Activities in Rainwater Use

Women Issues in Rainwater Collection Projects
Jessica Calfoforo Salas
(6pp PDF 190kb)

Present Situation and Potential Development of Women¦s Role in Rainfed Farming: A Rural Survey in Hebei Lowland Plain
Jingmin Ma, Zhihong Li, Kejiang Li and Shengli Qu
(4pp PDF 170kb)

Role of Women in Water and Sanitation Development
John M. Erskine

(10pp PDF 440kb)
The Role of Women in Roof Catchment Tank Prokjects in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya
Tarcisius G. Kingori
(5pp PDF 140kb)
A Strategy to Introduce Rainwater Collection Among the Urban Low Income Settlements of Bangladesh
Salma A. Shafi
(5pp PDF 170kb)
Investigated Report on the Rainwater Convergency Techniques in Central Hunan of China
Tiebing Jiang, Jiuru Tang, Ling Kang and Jinjiang Yu

(5pp PDF 160kb)

9. Rainwater Quality and its Protection

The Water Quality Problem of Rainwater Utilization in the Arid Region of Northwest China
Xijing Yang, Hong Zhu and Xingyou Zhang
(14pp PDF 440kb)

Rainwater Catchment System in Central Region of Benin (West Africa), Water pollution and Environment Safeguard
Christophe Segbe Houssou
(12pp PDF 240kb)
Fluctuation of the Quality of Container-Stored Rainwater During Storage
Ichiro Kita and Kunihiko Kitamura
(6pp PDF 160kb)
Potabilization of Rainwater
Otto F. Joklik
(15pp PDF 430kb)
A Solar Powered UV System to disinfect Cistern Waters
Roger Fujioka, Geeta Rijal and Bo Ling
(10pp PDF 390kb)
A Homeowners Test for Baxteria in Cistern Waters
Geeta Rijal and Roger Fujioka
(7pp PDF 270kb)

Rainwater Roof Catchment Systems for Domestic Water Supply in South of West Bank
Adu-Sharekh
(12pp PDF 390kb)

Cisterns Water Quality in South of West Bank
Adu-Sharekh and Y.M. Subuh

(14pp PDF 440kb)
Water Quality Issues in Rainwater Cistern System in Some South East Asian Countries
Adhityan Appan
(11pp PDF 420kb)
Prospect of Rainwater Catchment in Bangladesh and Its Utilization
Amin Uddin Ahmad
(8pp PDF 230kb)
Rates and Chemical Analysis of Occult Precipitation
V. Elias and M. Tesar

(10pp PDF 370kb)

A Preliminary Study of Pellet-Type Purifier
Yongsheng Wang, Peihong Li, Dakao Yan and Kefeng Zhang

(8pp PDF 220kb)

Catchment Water to Public Health Standards
H.E. Finch

(3pp PDF 67kb)

10. Techniques and Designing

The Field Testing of a Rainwater Collector
Alan Fewkes
(10pp PDF 290kb)

Study on the Roof Water Collection Project Improvement Measurement
Guangen Han, Jianmin Cai and Xiuyun Li
(8pp PDF 180kb)
Experimental Researches on Utilization Rainfall to Recharge Underground Water at Yanzhou County, Shandong Province
Shoumin Wang and Yi Wang
(9pp PDF 310kb)
Use of Porous Pavements for Water Storage
C.J. Pratt
(10pp PDF 350kb)
Rain Water Cistern Systems: A Regional Approach to Cistern Sizing in Nova Scotia
R.S. Scott, J.D. Mooers ad D.H. Waller
(11pp PDF 510kb)
Performance of an Instrumented Roof Catchment System in Botswana
A. Gieske, J.E. Gould and F.T.K. Sefe
(11pp PDF 370kb)

Simple Model for Rain Harvesting Systems Designing
Jure Margeta
(10pp PDF 320kb)

Design Strategies for Rainwater Collectors
Kwong Fai Andrew Lo

(12pp PDF 370kb)
Sand Buried Membrane Technique for Rainwater Harvesting in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
R.K. Muni
(6pp PDF 140kb)
Research of Roof Rainwater Collection for Drinking in Coastal Area
Xiukun Yang and Guilan Li
(6pp PDF 130kb)
Improving a Kind of Water Harvesting System in Northeast Iran
Ali Akbar Abbassi

(7pp PDF 110kb)
Guttering: Barrier to the Effectiveness of Rainwater Catchment Systems in Developing Countries
James Mwami

(7pp PDF 250kb)
Experiment Study of Storm-Water Drainage Pipes of Infiltration Type
Wenyuan Wang and Guixia Ji

(5pp PDF 120kb)
Rainwater Utilization in Izumo Dome and Some Reformations for Automatic Rainwater Catchment System
Kouichi Takeyama and Isao Minami

(8pp PDF ??kb)
Analysis of Planning, Design and Construction of Rainwater Utilization Pattern and Effect in Hula Mountain Grassland of Xinjiang
Xiankun Han

(?pp PDF ??kb)

11. Methodology and Modeling

Rainfall Intensity and Rainwater Catchment
Richard J. Heggen
(5pp PDF 120kb)

A Model for System Making Use of Rain Arid Area
Zhingquan Chen, Puxing Liu, Zhendong Zhang and Hong Chang
(4pp PDF 97kb)
Spatially Varied Flow Over a Side Weir in a Rectangular Channel
P.W. France
(8pp PDF 190kb)
Characteristics and Design Criteria of Gutter Snipe
Ching-Ruey Luo
(12pp PDF 220kb)
Analysis of Rainfall as a Design Parameter for Rainwater Catchment Systems
S.N. Ngigi
(11pp PDF 350kb)
Effective Rainwater Model for Upland Crop Irrigation
Charles C.C. Shih
(14pp PDF 350kb)

A Preliminary Research on Alfalfa Water Consumption and Rainfall Utilization
Xinyuan Wang, Yanfeng Yin, Xiying Zhang and Xuesen Mao
(5pp PDF 130kb)

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