5th International Conference on Rain Water Cistern Systems
"Rainwater Catchment for Future Generations"
Keelung, Taiwan, R.O.C. - August 1991

Section 1: Keynote Papers

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Progress Of International Conference On Rain Water Cistern Systems

Yu-Si Fok, Professor
University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.

Abstract

As the subject-conference-series has been progressed to the 5th conference, it is very appropriate to document the back-ground, the birth and highlights of each conference for the benefit of the future development of this conference series. This paper is based on an invited keynote paper presented at the 2nd conference which has not been, published. The development and highlights of subsequent conferences have. been included in this paper. In addition, the initiation and establishment of the International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (IRCSA) are also included. This paper is intended to put important events of each conference in the record. The request of past conference participants to contribute their own experience in this conference series has also been made.

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