Resources

This page provides reference and links to regional partner organizations


IRHA's technical factsheets in french :

Agroforestery

Blue School

Bocage

Gabions

Rainwater harvesting system

Retention ponds - Boulis

Sponge City (in english)

Terrace

Urban rainwater

Vegetalized stone bund

Zaï - Halfmoon



Reference documents in french :

Eau en Ville - Gestion des eaux pluviales : vers un changement de pratiques ?

Manuel de construction citerne calabash

OPUR - Infiltrer les eaux pluviales

OFEFP - Où évacuer l'eau de pluie

Ville de Sion - Guide des aménagements extérieurs



Reference documents in english :

Calabash Cistern Manual

DoLIDAR - Recharge Ponds Handbook

IUCN - Catalogue of Ecosystem-based Adaptation measures in mountains

UNICEF / JMP / WHO - Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene

SMART Centres - Tube recharge



Books in french :

CIRAD 1994 - Patrick Dugué, Luc Rodriguez, Bernard Ouoba, Issa Sawadogo : Techniques d'amélioration de la production agricole en zone soudano-sahélienne
Hugues Dupriez & Philippe De Leener : Arbres et agricultures multiétagées d'Afrique
Jean-Louis Chleq & Hugues Dupriez : Métiers de l'eau du Sahel, eau et terres en fuite



Books in english :

Danida - Erik Nissen-Petersen : Technical handbooks series (8 livrets au total)

Chris Reij, Ian Scoones, Camilla Toulmin : Sustaining the Soil, Indigenous Soil and Water conservation in africa

IRC 2002 - Smet, Jo; van Wijk, Christine : Small Community Water Supplies : Technology, People and Partnershift

IUCN 2017 : Buyck, Camille; Miththapala, Sriyanie; Monty, Fabiola; Murti, Radhika : Ecosystems protecting infrastructure and communities



Swiss network :

Association suisse des professionnels de la protection des eaux -> https://vsa.ch

Circular Sanitation Network Switzerland -> https://va-loo.ch/

Federation Genevoise de Coopération - FGC : https://www.fgc.ch/

Plateforme souveraineté alimentaire d’organisations membres de la FGC - PSA : https://souverainetealimentaire.org/

Programme Eau en Ville (OCeau, Office cantonale de l'eau - Genève) -> https://www.ge.ch/eau-ville-changement-pratiques-applications

Réseau des Fédérations Cantonales de Coopération Internationale - FEDERESO : https://federeso.ch/



National rainwater harvesting organization :

Brésil -> Associação Brasileira de Captação e Manejo de Água de Chuva - ABCMAC

Cambodge -> Rainwater Cambodia - RWC : https://rainwatercambodia-rwc.org/

Corée du Sud -> Rain For All : https://rainforall.org/

États-Unis -> American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association - ARCSA : https://www.arcsa.org/

Malawi -> Rainwater Harvasting Association Malawi - RHAM : https://www.facebook.com/rhamalawi/

Mexique -> Asociación Mexicana de Sistemas de Captación de Agua de Lluvia - AMSCALL : https://www.amscall.org.mx/

Népal -> Nepal Rainwater Harvesting Alliance

Sénégal -> Association Sénégalaise de Gestion d'Eau de Pluie - ASGEP

Somalie -> Rainwater Association of Somalia : https://raasom.org/

Sri Lanka -> Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum - LRWHF : http://www.lankarainwater.org/



Rainwater harvesting related international organizations :

Eawag : Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology -> https://www.eawag.ch/

Friends of Ecosystem Based Adaptation -> https://friendsofeba.com/

Graie -> https://asso.graie.org/

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas -> https://www.icarda.org/

International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN -> https://iucn.org/

International Water Association -> https://iwa-network.org/

Open-sourced water, sanitation & hygiene resource - akvopedia -> https://akvopedia.org/

Rural Water Supply Network - RWSN -> www.rural-water-supply.net

The Smart Center Group -> https://www.smartcentregroup.com/

Sustainable Sanitation Alliance -> https://www.susana.org/

Water Harvesting Lab - WHL -> https://www.dagri.unifi.it/vp-808-water-harvesting-lab.html

World Health Organization - WHO -> https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/water-sanitation-and-health-(wash)/water-safety-and-quality/water-safety-planning/rainwater-collection-and-storage

World Meteorogical Organisation -> https://wmo.int/

World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies -> https://www.wocat.net/en/
 

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