This manual is intended for technicians, builders, trainers, students and development
agencies dealing with site survey, design, construction and maintenance of:
-Hand-dug wells in deep sand,
-River-intakes with shaft in riverbank,
-Intake chambers with elevated water tank,
-Subsurface dams built of soil,
-Subsurface dams built of rubble stone masonry and
-Sand dams built of rubble stone masonry.
The manual is the first of a series of manuals covering:
-Water from sand rivers,
-Water from rock outcrops,
-Water from roads and compounds,
-Water from ponds and earth dams and
-Water from roofs.
Nissen-Petersen, E. (2000). Water from Sand Rivers A manual on site survey, design, construction and maintenance of seven types of water structures in riverbeds Regional Land Management Unit, RELMA/Sida, ICRAF House, Gigiri
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