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Further Reading
J.L. Chaelq
Vanishing Land and Water: Soil and Water Conservation
in Dry Lands
This is a clearly written and well illustrated
guide to methods to promote soil and water conservation
in developing countries.
£7.95 1987 PB Macmillan ISBN 033344597X
CTA
Waterharvesting and Soil Moisture Retention:
Agrodok 13
£5.95 1997 PB Agromisa ISBN 9072746759
Adrian Cullis and Arnold Pacey
A Development Dialogue: Rainwater harvesting
in Turkana
Development Dialogue describes the Turkana rainwater harvesting
project, a water-conservation technology based on priorities identified
by local people, adapted by them and in which local pastoralists
and gardeners took full responsibility for control and administration.
£12.95 -1992 PB ITP ISBN 1853391042
Vijita Fernando
Water Supply: Energy and environment technology
source book
The goals of this book are to promote understanding
of water supply technologies and water supply management
to enable women to make informed choices. The book
also contains information on how to assess the
suitability of different water supply options and
how to find financial and technical assistance.
This book is suitable for use by technical and
non-technical project managers, project staff,
extension officers, trainers and consultants concerned
with women in development and women's organisations.
£7.95 1996 PB ITP ISBN 1853393444
Peter Fraenkel
Water Pumping Devices: A handbook for users
and choosers (Second edition)
Efficient and effective irrigation of the land can have a dramatic
effect on the agricultural output and economic well-being of a
community. The smallholdings, defined in this book as up to 25
hectares (60 acres), can be the source of a significant proportion
of a country's food production. At the heart of effective irrigation
lies the problem of lifting or pumping water, and this handbook,
newly revised and reformatted, surveys the water-lifting technologies
that are available and appropriate for smallholdings. It is a detailed
and practical review of the options, especially for irrigation
but also for other purposes, and the costs and general suitability
of the different technologies are examined with the aim of enabling
farmers and policy makers to make informed choices.
£19.95 1997 PB ITP ISBN 1853393460
John Gould and Erik Nissen-Petersen
Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply:
Design, construction and implementation
Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply provides a
state-of-the-art review of practice in the collection of rainwater.
It presents case studies with numerous examples from around the
world which will help anyone intending to design or construct a
rainwater catchment system. The prime focus of the book is on implementation
of roof and ground catchment systems for meeting either total or
supplementary household water requirements. All aspects of design
and construction are covered including simple methods of sizing
systems, erection of gutters, choice of materials, construction
techniques, training, operation and maintenance. In addition, non-technical
factors such as water quality, health, social, cultural, political,
institutional and gender issues are discussed.
The text is fully supported with drawings and photographs and a
detailed illustrated step-by-step account is provided of how to
build several different types of household rainwater tanks with
volumes from 2 to 90 cubic metres.
Rainwater Catchment Systems is based on practical experience
and lessons learnt during over 20 years constructing and researching
rainwater systems in Africa and Asia. It will be of use and interest
to project managers, development workers, water engineers, architects,
builders, researchers and appropriate technology enthusiasts.
£14.95 1999 PB ITP ISBN 1853394564
Edited by Fiona Hinchcliffe, John Thompson, Jules
N. Pretty, Irene Guijt and Parmesh Shah
Fertile Ground: The impacts of participatory watershed management
Since the mid-1990s, growing concerns about environmental degradation,
declining agricultural productivity and increasing population pressures
have led governments and agencies to seek new approaches to natural
resource management. There are some innovative programmes in operation
which are contributing to improved land management and increased
livelihood security, many of which include the active involvement
of local people in planning and decision-making in soil and water
conservation and participatory watershed management. Nonetheless,
there is a lack of research and information into designing and
implementing new soil and water management policies and programmes
which is much needed in this complex area.
Fertile Ground addresses this problem by presenting the
findings of the first formal study and in-depth research into the
impacts of participatory watershed management in a wider range
of agro-ecological and socio-economic settings in Africa, Asia,
Australia and Latin America. The Sustainable Agricultural and Rural
Livelihoods Programme of the International Institute for Environment
and Development (IIED) has, through its collaborative research
programme New Horizons, worked with a diverse group of organisations
engaged in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
of participatory watershed management, and soil and water conservation
projects and programmes.
The twenty-three case studies present a rich and complex picture
of the problems, achievements and continuing challenges faced by
conservation professionals and farmers around the world. They provide
compelling evidence of the importance of local people's involvement
in natural resource planning and management. At the same time,
they reveal how difficult it is to scale-up and institutionalise
participatory approaches in large, sector-based programmes, particularly
in government bureaucracies. The collection offers no shortcuts
to better land husbandry or enhanced rural livelihoods, but it
does provide an analysis of the biophysical, socio-economic and
institutional impacts of development and management practices and
to point to practicable and realistic ways forward for both governments
and external support agencies.
£15.95 1999 PB ITP ISBN 1853393894
T. D. Jeffrey, T. H. Thomas, A. V. Smith, P. B.
Glover and P. D. Fountain
Hydraulic Ram Pumps: A guide to ram pump water supply systems
Step-by-step instructions on designing, installing and operating
water supply systems based on hydraulic ram pumps. This book comes
with illustrations, diagrams and details of a pump designed for
local manufacture and notes for those developing their own model.
£14.95 1992 PB ITP ISBN 1853391727
Edited by Charles Kerr
Community Water Development
This collection of articles from the Waterlines
and Appropriate Technology journals covers the
areas: sources of water, abstraction, pumping and
distribution, and training and maintenance, and
is an excellent training guide.
£14.95 1999 PB ITP ISBN 0946688230
Arnold Pacey and Adrian Cullis
Rainwater Harvesting: The collection of rainfall
and runoff in rural areas
This book emphasises the importance of social,
economic, and environmental considerations when
planning and implementing projects. For rural development
workers, it aims to fill the gap in existing literature
on the gathering and storage of water.
£12.95 1999 PB ITP ISBN 0946688222
Edited by Rod Shaw with an introduction by Ian Smout
Running Water: More technical briefs for health,
water and sanitation
This second collection of 32 short, highly-illustrated
introductions to appropriate water and sanitation
technologies and processes complements The Worth
of Water. It covers a further range of subjects
from water source selection and hand pump maintenance
to sanitary surveying, hygiene understanding and
community management.
£12.95 1999 PB ITP ISBN 1853394505
Simon Watt
A Manual on the Hydraulic Ram for Pumping Water
Part One contains details of how to make and
maintain a small hydraulic ram on a suitable site,
whilst Part Two takes a more technical look at
ram performances and design considerations and
also contains a useful bibliography.
£7.50 1994 PB ITP ISBN 0903031159
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