Digital Field Support Tool for Catching Rainwater unlocks the knowledge and tools needed to harvest rainwater for greater food security effectively.

Catching Rainwater Practices

This page is designed to help you find the information you need about any rainwater harvesting activity or practice that you might be interested in.

Greywater Harvesting
(recycling, re-use)

Using non-toilet wastewater from a household to water the root zone of the soil. This water often needs to be filtered (cleaned) in some way.

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Diversion Furrows

Takes rainwater runoff from gullies, grasslands or hard surfaces (such as paths or roads) to a cropped area or a storage tank. This increases the water available to the plants. Used for field crops and in gardens. The water is diverted (channelled) directly to soils and crops. Additional water can be stored in underground tanks for later watering.

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Roof Water Harvesting

Collecting water from roofs for household and garden use is widely practised across South Africa. Tanks and containers of all types – from brick reservoirs to makeshift drums and buckets – are a common sight in urban and rural areas.

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