Rain Water Harvesting System for Addressing Water Scarcity Challenges

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