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Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) for Resilience to Climate Change Impact on Water Availability in Ghana

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Adaptation
Water and sanitation
Call 3
Ghana
Time consumed
 
Start: 18-Dec-12 End: 18-Nov-15
Lead Nordic partner
SINTEF
Country of Lead Nordic partner
Norway
Local partner(s)
Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) , Water Research Institute (WRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
NCF grant size
330,199
Total project cost
413,968
Technologies
Rainwater harvesting
Methods
Training
Country of implementation:
Ghana
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Description

The project aimed to increase resilience to climate change by conducting holistic sustainability assessments and implementing designs based on standardized criteria that offer affordable, appropriate and cost-effective rain water harvesting (RWH) solutions.

Ghana suffers from increasingly intensive floods and rainfall events combined with a short rainy season. The project aimed at mitigating the expected negative effects of climate change by providing urban households and institutions with...
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Objective

The aim of the project was to increase resilience to climate change by conducting holistic sustainability assessments and implementation of designs based on standardized criteria that offer affordable, appropriate and cost-effective rain water harvesting (RWH) solutions, including monitoring and disinfection, for safe urban water supply.

The key objectives of the project were to:

i) Increase resilience to climate change impacts on water availability in Ghana;
ii) Facilitate local...
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Results

The project has assessed the most appropriate solutions for rainwater harvesting, monitoring and disinfection, and implemented model systems in selected houses and institutions. The project created standardized design criteria and implemented innovative RWH systems. It also installed model systems to 20 households and one school with 700 students, which were then monitored and evaluated. The results showed that the implemented systems functioned as a main...
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Relevant links
SINTEF, STEPRI

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