Technical Information

University of Warwick Development Technology Unit

UNEP Sourcebook of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation
Africa, Asia, Latin America, Small Islands

Waterlines Technical Briefs (from the WELL site)

Centre for Science and the Environment (CSE) rainwater harvesting page

Regional and Local Organisations

Lanka Rainwater Harvesting Forum

Bangalore Rainwater Club

Philippine Watershed Management Coalition

Japan People for Rainwater

Japan Rainwater Catchment Systems Association

American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association

Associação Brasileira de Captação e Manejo deÁgua de Chuva (Brazil)

Southern and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network

Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership

Rainwater Association of Somalia

European Rainwater Catchment Systems Association

UK Rainwater Harvesting Association

Fachvereinigung Betriebs- und Regenwassernutzung e.V. (Germany)

Verband Regenwassernutzung Schweiz (Switzerland)

Australian Rainwater Industry Development group

Rainfall data

National Climate Data Centre (USA - but global data)

Global Daily Summery Database (Daily data between 1977 and 1996 for over 10 000 locations worldwide)

Tank sizing

Sim Tanka - Good for large scale, high reliabilty systems

DTU Tank Performance Calculator - Good for smaller, Low-cost systems

Research Network

Global Applied Research Network (GARNET)

GARNET e-mail discussion list