THE APPLICATION OF RAIN-WATER HARVESTING TECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH STATION IN A RURAL ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Rain-water Harvesting is an appropriate technology suited especially for less developed countries. Such technology has economic Importance for its provision of clean water supply without using costly items such as pipes, pumps, fuels etc.. This simple technological system has not been widely used in Ethiopia. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the application of Rain-Water Harvesting technology for a health station in rural Ethiopia using locally available materials. INTRODUCTION Some countries are blessed by having good amount of lakes, rivers, underground fresh water reservoirs and abundant rain. Ethiopia has; however, of limited amount of such natural resources Moreover, Ethiopians are mostly settled on highlands that keep them away from the natural available water sources. This condition forces the villagers to use animal transportation system or on foot travel to long distances to get their daily water needs. Obviously, they could carry only little amount of water which is substantially small to satisfy their needs. And this happenes with no prior consideration of the hygiene of the water which has an impact on the health of the people.