International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage Commission Interationale des Irrigation et du Drainage

Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation and storage of rainwater for reuse on-site, rather than allowing it to run off. Rainwater can be collected from rivers or roofs, and in many places, the water collected is redirected to a deep pit (well, shaft, or borehole), a reservoir with percolation, or collected from dew or fog with nets or other tools. Its uses include water for gardens, livestock[ irrigation, domestic use with proper treatment, indoor heating for houses, etc. The harvested water can also be used as drinking water, longer-term storage, and for other purposes such as groundwater recharge


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Renamed Working Group on Rain Water Harvesting (WG-RWH) as Working Group on Water Harvesting for Managing Water Scarcity (WG-WHMWS) at the 75th IEC Meeting, Sydney, 2024.

 

Strategy Themes: Natural Resources
Mandate:

(a) To promote water harvesting as a natural, local, and efficient source of water (including rainwater, soil moisture, and groundwater); 
(b) To conduct research and provide advice on water harvesting for managing water scarcity under competing demand; 
(c) To organize international workshops and seminars on water harvesting to foster knowledge with all members; and 
(d) To develop guidelines for water harvesting including planning, design, storage, distribution, and multiple use of water. 


Established : 2018

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Renamed Working Group on Rain Water Harvesting (WG-RWH) as Working Group on Water Harvesting for Managing Water Scarcity (WG-WHMWS) at the 75th IEC Meeting, Sydney, 2024.

Membership
Sl. No. Name Email Country Position
1 Dato’ Ir. Hj. Nor Hisham Bin Mohd Ghazali hi************* Malaysia Chair
2 Dr. Watchara Suiadee wa************* Thailand Vice Chair
3 Dr. Feng-Wen Chen ch************* Chinese Taipei Committee Secretary
4 Dr. A.K. Randev ra************* India Member
5 Mr. Ahmet Gökberk Kurmuş ah************* Turkey Member
6 Dr. Ahmet Seren as************* Turkey Member
7 Mr. Ali Hassan Hommadi Altai al************* Iraq Member
8 Mr. Amali A. AMALI - Young Professional AA************* Nigeria Member
9 Mr. Bashu Dev Lohanee ba************* Nepal Member
10 Dr. Bing-Chen Jhong jh************* Chinese Taipei Committee Member
11 Prof. Dato' Dr. Nor Azazi Bin Zakari re************* Malaysia Member
12 Ir. David Florentino fl************* Philippines Member
13 Dr. Ding Kunlun kl************* China Member
14 Prof. (Ms.) Elena Bresci el************* Italy Member
15 Mr. Franklin E. Dimick fr************* USA Member
16 Engr. Gulsah Cakir Heikal gu************* Turkey Member
17 Ms. Haofang Yan - Young Professional Ya************* China Member
18 Mr. Hasan Burak Yalçın hb************* Turkey Member
19 Prof. Dr. Hesham Mostafa Mohamed Ali hm************* Egypt Member
20 Dr. Jaepil Cho jp************* South Korea Member
21 Dr. Jing Liu Ji************* China Member
22 Dr. Leila Eamen Le************* Canada Member
23 Dr. Mikiko SUGIURA su************* Japan Member
24 Dr. Ming Young Jan ag************* Chinese Taipei Committee Member
25 Dr. Ming-Che Hu mc************* Chinese Taipei Committee Member
26 Engr. Ozden Erturk Gazel oz************* Turkey Member
27 Prof. Dr. Ragab Ragab ra************* United Kingdom Member
28 Dr. Ratan Chand Jain ra************* India Member
29 Dr. Shao Yiu Hsu sy************* Chinese Taipei Committee Member
30 Dr. Shivaji T. Sangle sa************* India Member
31 Dr. Shu Yuan Pan sy************* Chinese Taipei Committee Member
32 Dr. Takanori NAGANO na************* Japan Member
33 Mr. Thayalam Sekaran th************* Malaysia Member
34 Mr. V.C. Ballard cl************* Australia Member
35 Mr. Veysel Yildiz ve************* Turkey Member
36 Dr. Vinod Kumar Tiwari vi************* India Member
37 Ts Ir Wan Noorul Hafilah Binti Wan Ariffin no************* Malaysia Member
38 Dr. Warren Helgason wa************* Canada Member
39 Dr. Ya-Wen Chueh ya************* Chinese Taipei Committee Member
40 Mr. Yu Yingduo - Young Professional yu************* China Member
41 Dr. Yuan-Chien Lin yc************* Chinese Taipei Committee Member
42 Mr. Zafar Iqbal zi************* Pakistan Member
43 Dr. Alok Sikka (IWMI) a.************* India Permanent Observer
44 Dr. Puspa Raj Khanal me************* India Permanent Observer

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