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Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 11(6), pp. 3552 - 3570
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110624
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A Sustainable Strategy for Rainwater Harvesting through AFLAJ System on the Main Streets: A Case Study in Egypt – MOKATTAM Street
Marwa Mohamed Abbas , Doaa Abd El Latif Mohammed *
Faculty of Architecture Engineering, Modern Academy, Egypt
ABSTRACT
Water is vital to our survival and plays a significant role in our lives. Egypt has an annual water deficit up to 54 billion m3, which is inadequate to meet its needs. Therefore, natural rainwater that reaches (51 billion m3 of rainwater annually) as a natural resource has garnered the attention of numerous researchers. Approximately 2.7% of the water is utilized, while the remaining 97% is lost. The research aims at Evaluating the Effectiveness of this sustainable Low-cost rainwater harvesting system (The Aflaj system) in Egypt and how it accomplishes its goal of collecting an enormous amount of rainwater. This research handles the topic in terms of three themes. The first theme handles the types of rainwater harvesting systems, whereas the second theme deals with rainwater in Egypt in terms of its importance, the challenges facing water resources, and how to achieve sustainability in the usage of rainwater in Egypt and the third theme deals with analyzing the proposed system in Oman and its role in the life of this city which suffers the lack of water resources. The research has proved that the Aflaj system can be a successful low-cost sustainable system that can be used to harvest rainwater and reuse this water by developing a combined strategy to harvest the most rainwater possible.
KEYWORDS
Sustainable, Rainwater, Harvesting, Aflaj Systems, Strategy, Questionnaire
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Marwa Mohamed Abbas , Doaa Abd El Latif Mohammed , "A Sustainable Strategy for Rainwater Harvesting through AFLAJ System on the Main Streets: A Case Study in Egypt – MOKATTAM Street," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 3552 - 3570, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110624.
(b). APA Format:
Marwa Mohamed Abbas , Doaa Abd El Latif Mohammed (2023). A Sustainable Strategy for Rainwater Harvesting through AFLAJ System on the Main Streets: A Case Study in Egypt – MOKATTAM Street. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 11(6), 3552 - 3570. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2023.110624.