Abstract:
This research aims to discuss the rainwater harvesting system as a useful tool to decrease the
challenge of the water scarcity in arid and semi-arid areas. The methodology based on making
a broad literature review about this subject along global and local level, then the study focuses
on the Palestinian territory specially the southern part of west bank , which is facing a chronic
water shortage problem. The result of this research show that the problem of water scarcity
generally afflicts the world, especially Palestine, especially the southern part of the West
Bank, several projects were conducted in the West Bank, but none were completed or
succeed. The study was focusing on two projects (Beit Al-Rush Al-Foka and Bani Neim
Dams), the choices of places were correct along to their topography and morphology
characteristics. These projects were facing many problems relating to design and
implementation , and so many studies and research related to the water harvesting should be
conducted in order to reach a good and useful solution regarding the water scarcity challenges
