Elevating the standard: a professionalized approach to community-based rainwater harvesting systems in Uganda

Q4 Environmental Science Waterlines Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.3362/1756-3488.20-00016

Tanner J. S. Hoffman, Alinaitwe Collins, Joseph Lwere, James B. Harrington

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Abstract

Where water resources are limited, rainwater harvesting (RWH) can provide on-site access to improved water sources. Community institutions are uniquely positioned to benefit from RWH; advocates have encouraged the installation of community-based RWH systems as a way to ameliorate water supply insufficiencies in low-income settings. However, poor quality RWH system installations and insufficient attention to management support have resulted in sustainability challenges, necessitating a commitment to higher standards for community-based RWH. Spurred on by an iterative learning cycle and commitment to innovation, the Ugandan Water Project has achieved RWH system design, installation, and management practices that are well adapted to Ugandan institutions. By investing in a professional crew, high-quality materials, and post-installation support, the Ugandan Water Project has achieved 96 per cent functionality two years after installation. The professionalized approach that the Ugandan Water Project employs can be used as a model to guide future RWH system installations in Uganda and elsewhere.

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提高标准：乌干达社区雨水收集系统的专业化方法

在水资源有限的地方，雨水收集（RWH）可以提供改善水源的现场通道。社区机构在受益于RWH方面处于独特地位；倡导者们鼓励安装以社区为基础的RWH系统，以此来改善低收入环境中的供水不足。然而，低质量的RWH系统安装和对管理支持的关注不足导致了可持续性挑战，需要致力于提高社区RWH的标准。在迭代学习周期和创新承诺的推动下，乌干达水利项目实现了RWH系统的设计、安装和管理实践，非常适合乌干达机构。通过投资专业人员、高质量材料和安装后支持，乌干达水利项目在安装两年后实现了96%的功能。乌干达水利项目采用的专业化方法可以作为指导乌干达和其他地方未来RWH系统安装的模式。

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Waterlines Environmental Science-Water Science and Technology

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期刊介绍： Published since 1982 Waterlines is a refereed journal providing a forum for those involved in extending water supply, sanitation, hygiene and waste management to all in developing countries. Waterlines aims to bridge the gap between research and practice: it encourages papers written by researchers for the benefit of practice and those written by practitioners to inform research and policy. It highlights information sources and promotes debate between different perspectives. Waterlines considers the key challenges facing those in the water and sanitation sector–engineers, health professionals.