Preliminary Results

It will be crucial to educate the local communities on how to use the system to their advantage for providing healthy water for farming and daily living purposes. To preserve the autonomous identity of these villages by empowering them with the tools they need to successfully provide the water each community will need. The research will need to focus on empowering local communities with the capabilities of providing for themselves. Currently, Sub-Saharan Africa receives millions of dollars annually in foreign aid (Haile, 2005). It is a primary goal of this research to find ways to reduce that dependence on foreign aid. The research will promote an increase overall agricultural productivity because of access to clean water. In addition, it will help improve farming methods and health of livestock so that those within the communities will be able to maximize benefits of the system and allow the local residents to supplement their income. According to the research, "There is a growing awareness of the increased need for water harvesting and of its potential," (Boer & Ben-Asher, 1982). In order to meet Millennium Development Goals for providing safe and healthy water for drinking and agricultural purposes, the research is testing a potentially viable solution for providing better quality water resources for local farmers and villagers (Kahinda et al., 2007). This will then reduce pressure on currently relied upon water resources and help increase autonomy for local villages by giving them independent solutions they can use to benefit their own livelihoods in the regions of Nakuru, Kisumu, and Eldoret, which already have long histories of being self-sufficient.

Conclusion

It is important for modern discourse to diversify the strategies used to combat real world problems....

The lack of water availability is a serious issue, and one which should not be intensifying at the rate it is. In order to help provide for the citizens of the world, this research aims to test the credibility of RWH systems in residential and agricultural contexts. In doing so, the research aims to help increase the available tools for fighting major international problems that could impact the success of many developing nations.
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