Rainwater harvesting technologies and practises in rural Uganda: a case study

Baguma, David; Loiskandl, Willibald

doi:10.1007/s11027-010-9223-4

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“…This could be attributed to the high initial investment costs required especially for the large storage volume. Baguma and Loiskandl [41] concluded that subsidy provision is statistically significant in determining adoption of formal rain water technologies in rural Uganda. The investment costs for informal systems is low because storage facilities range from sauce pans, jerry cans, fabricated containers, drums and other locally made containers which are often already available in the home or are cheap to purchase (refer to Figure 4b).…”

Section: Rainwater Harvesting Practices and Technologiesmentioning

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Effect of Climate Change on Reliability of Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Kabarole District, Uganda

Kisakye

Akurut

Bruggen

2018

Water

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This paper assesses the effect of climate change on reliability of rainwater harvesting systems for Kabarole district, Uganda, as predicted by 6 best performing global circulation models (GCMs). A daily water balance model was used to simulate the performance of a rainwater harvesting system using historical daily rainfall data for 20 years. The GCMs used to generate daily rainfall projections for 2025-2055 and 2060-2090 periods included; ACCESS1-0, BCC-CSM-1-M, CNRM-CM5, HADGEM2-CC, HADGEM2-ES and MIROC5. Analysis was based on the Ugandan weather seasons which included March, April, May (MAM) and September, October, November (SON) rain seasons in addition to December, January, February (DJF) and June, July, August (JJA) dry seasons. While an increase in reliability is predicted for the SON season, the worst-case scenario is projected during the MAM season with a reliability reduction of over 40% for the 2055-2090 period. This corresponds to a 27% reduction in water security for the same period. The DJF season is also expected to experience reduced water security by 1-8% for 2025-2055 and 2060-2090 with a 0.5 m 3 tank size. Therefore, some form of extra harvesting surface and increased tank size will be required to maintain 80% systems reliability considering climate change.

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Section: Rainwater Harvesting Practices and Technologiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effect of Climate Change on Reliability of Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Kabarole District, Uganda

Kisakye

Akurut

Bruggen

2018

Water

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“…Without access to a loan, RWH is often unaffordable to an individual farmer ; the limit of extension, credit, and assistance will also hamper the adoption of an RWH system . Baguma and Loiskandl (2010) showed that a subsidy provision was statistically significant for the adoption of RWH technologies in rural Uganda. Several countries, such as in Spain, Brazil, and Australia, also have tried to provide a subsidy when adopting RWH technology for domestic (Domenech and Sauri, 2011).…”

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Feasibility and Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting by Farmers

Rozaki

Senge

Yoshiyama

et al. 2017

RAS

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“…As opposed to regulations that require compliance, subsidies target individuals with an appreciation for GI practices and provide an incentive for them to pursue GI implementation (Domenech and Sauri 2011). Baguma and Loiskandl (2010) found citizens were more likely to implement, adequately maintain and operate GI facilities, when subsidies were awarded for specific aspects of the installation, than if cash subsidies were offered.…”

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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructures on Community Stormwater Reduction and Utilization: A Case of Beijing, China

Wen

Chen

Feng

et al. 2016

Environmental Management

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Cost-benefit analysis is demanded for guiding the plan, design and construction of green infrastructure practices in rapidly urbanized regions. We developed a framework to calculate the costs and benefits of different green infrastructures on stormwater reduction and utilization. A typical community of 54,783 m 2 in Beijing was selected for case study. For the four designed green infrastructure scenarios (green space depression, porous brick pavement, storage pond, and their combination), the average annual costs of green infrastructure facilities are ranged from 40.54 to 110.31 thousand yuan, and the average of the cost per m 3 stormwater reduction and utilization is 4.61 yuan. The total average annual benefits of stormwater reduction and utilization by green infrastructures of the community are ranged from 63.24 to 250.15 thousand yuan, and the benefit per m 3 stormwater reduction and utilization is ranged from 5.78 to 11.14 yuan. The average ratio of average annual benefit to cost of four green infrastructure facilities is 1.91. The integrated facilities had the highest economic feasibility with a benefit to cost ratio of 2.27, and followed by the storage pond construction with a benefit to cost ratio of 2.14. The results suggested that while the stormwater reduction and utilization by green infrastructures had higher construction and maintenance costs, their comprehensive benefits including source water replacements benefits, environmental benefits and avoided cost benefits are potentially interesting. The green infrastructure practices should be promoted for sustainable management of urban stormwater.

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Rainwater harvesting technologies and practises in rural Uganda: a case study

Abstract: Adoption, Education, Information flow, Rural household, Subsidy, Water supply,

Cited by 31 publications

References 17 publications

Effect of Climate Change on Reliability of Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Kabarole District, Uganda

Effect of Climate Change on Reliability of Rainwater Harvesting Systems for Kabarole District, Uganda

Feasibility and Adoption of Rainwater Harvesting by Farmers

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructures on Community Stormwater Reduction and Utilization: A Case of Beijing, China

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