Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation (eBook)

The Editors

Saeid Eslamian, Isfahan University of Technology

Faezeh Eslamian, McGill University

Part A.

Concepts and Standards for a Secure Water Harvesting

1. Concept and Technology of Water Harvesting-Fayez Abdulla

2. Rainwater Harvesting Recent Developments and Contemporary Measures-Aline Veról

3. Standards for Rainwater Catchment Design-Sisuru Sendanayake 4.Water Security Using Rainwater Harvesting-Adebayo Eludoyin

Part B

Water Harvesting Resources

5.Single-Family Home Rainwater Harvesting Systems-Duygu Erten

6.Water Harvesting in Farmlands-Elena Bresci

7.Rainwater Harvesting for Livestock-Billy Kniffen 8.Road Water Harvesting-Negin Sadeghi

Part C.Hydroinformatic and Water Harvesting

9.Application of GIS for Water Harvesting Systems- Dhruvesh Patel

10.Information Technology in Water Harvesting-S. Sreenath Kashyap

11.Global Satellite-based Precipitation Products for Rainwater Research and Applications-Zhong Liu 12.Risk Analysis of Water Harvesting Systems-João Santos

D.Hydrological Aspects of Water Harvesting

13.Return Period Determination for Rainwater Harvesting System Design-Dillip Kumar Ghose 14.Rainwater Harvesting Impact on Urban Groundwater-A.Jebamalar

15.Effect of Water Harvesting Techniques on Sedimentation-Siavash Fasihi

E.Hydrometeorological Water Harvesting

16.Principales and Applications of Atmospheric Water Harvesting-Mousa Maleki

17.Dew Harwesting on High emissive natural and artificial passive surfaces-Jose Francisco Maestre Valero

18.Water Harvesting from Waste Energy from Landfills and Oilfields-Vaibhav Bahadur

F. Environmental Aspects of Water Harvesting

19.Treatment Techniques in Water Harvesting-Wesaal Khan

20.Water Recycling from Palm Oil Mill Effluent- Hossein Faraji

G. Green Water Harvesting

21.Vegetation Advantages for Water and Soil Conservation-Hadis Salehi

22.Water Harvesting in Forest: An Important Step in Water-Food-Energy Nexus-Rina Kumari 23.Rainwater and Green Roofs-Sara Naif 24.Green Landscaping and Plant Production with Water Harvesting Solutions-Saeid Eslamian

H. Reliable Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Systems

25.Comparing Rainwater Storage Options-Sara Nazif

26.Rainwater Harvesting Storage-Yield-Reliability Relationships-John Ndiritu

27.Towards Developing Generalized Equations for Calculating Potential Water Savings from Rainwater Tanks-Monzur Imteaz

I. Sustainable Water Harvesting and Conservation in a Changing Climate

28.Water Harvesting, Climate Change and Variability-Manish Kumar Goyal

29.Water Harvesting and Sustainable Tourism-Neda Torabi

30.Rainwater Harvesting Policy Issues in MENA region: Lessons Learned, Challenges and Sustainable Recommendations