Published on: 25/10/2011
Acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
- Role of rainwater harvesting systems
- Design of RWH systems
- Objectives of the study
- RAIN Foundation
2 Methodology
- Life-Cycle Costs (LCC) terminology
- Sources of information
- Life-Cycle Costs (LCC) framework for RWH systems
- Water supply service levels required to analyse costs
3 Results and discussion
- Costs relative to the supply system
- Economies of scale in RWH systems
- Influence of lifespan and climate on costs of RWH
- Regional differences in CapEx and OpEx of RWH systems
- Life-cycle costs of water supply systems
- Expenditure on post-construction support
4 RWH: historical trends and drivers
- User preferences
- Long-term role of RWH and water scarcity
- Unlocking potential household investment in RWH
- RWH and global trends
- Externalities and safeguards of RWH
Conclusions
References