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Water for Arid Lands

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Sand dams or silt traps?


Erik Nissen-Petersen, ASAL Consultants Ltd. (2011)

It has been known from the African Land Development Project (ALDEV) since the late 1950s, that the spillways of sand dams must be raised in stages not exceeding a height of 50 cm in order for floods to deposit coarse sand from where most water can be extracted. If a spillway is not built in stages, then silt will be deposited instead of sand and very little water, if any, can be extracted from such a sand dam - or is it a silt trap? (source)
Sand dams or silt traps?

Subsurface dams built of soil


Erik Nissen-Petersen, ASAL Consultants Ltd. (2011)

Paper on subsurface dams, their benefits and practical experiences with the planning, design and construction of subsurface dams. (source)
Subsurface dams built of soil

Water for Rural Communities


Erik Nissen-Petersen, Birgit Madsen, Munguti Katui-Katua, DANIDA (2006)

How Kenyan rural communities can create their own water supplies with assistance from the Water Services Trust Fund (source)
Water for Rural Communities

Water from Dry Riverbeds


Erik Nissen-Petersen, DANIDA (2006)

How dry and sandy riverbeds can be turned into water sources by hand-dug wells, subsurface dams, weirs and sand dams (source)
Water from Dry Riverbeds

Water from roads


Erik Nissen-Petersen, DANIDA (2006)

A handbook for technicians and farmers on harvesting rainwater from roads (source)
Water from roads

Water from Rock Outcrops


Erik Nissen-Petersen, DANIDA (2006)

A handbook for engineers and technicians on site investigations, designs, construction and maintenance of rock catchment tanks and dams (source)
Water from Rock Outcrops

Water from roofs


Erik Nissen-Petersen, DANIDA (2006)

A handbook for technicians and builders on survey, design, construction and maintenance of roof catchments (source)
Water from roofs

Water from Small Dams


Erik Nissen-Petersen, DANIDA (2006)

A handbook for technicians, farmers and others on site investigations, designs, cost estimates, construction and maintenance of small earth dams (source)
Water from Small Dams

Water supply by Rural Builders


Erik Nissen-Petersen, DANIDA (2006)

This handbook, Water Supply by Rural Builders, is the 8th in a series of handbooks that gives guidelines on how to carry out simple, yet adequate, surveys, designs and construction of basic water projects. (source)
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Water for Arid Lands Book 8 (all items in this serie)

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Water supply by Rural Builders

Water Surveys and Designs


Erik Nissen-Petersen, DANIDA (2006)

Explains survey techniques and gives standard designs with average costs on water supply structures (source)
Water Surveys and Designs