This repository contains code supporting the report, Feasibility of Rainwater Harvesting in Arid Environments, by Brianda Hernandez Rosales, published in collaboration with the Native Waters on Arid Lands project. The report is based on Bri's 2022 masters thesis in hydrogeology, Feasibility and Implementation Plan for Rainwater Harvesting in Peach Springs, AZ on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, and the resulting technical article, Assessing the Feasibility of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting for Food Production in Northwestern Arizona on the Hualapai Indian Reservation.
Rainwater harvesting—the practice of centralizing, collecting, and storing rainwater for later use—has the potential to help alleviate water stresses in rural and tribal communities in arid and semi-arid environments. This report is the companion to a 6 part video series on rainwater harvesting. The code in this repository takes climate data from PRISM Climate Group and prepares those data for input into the FAO's AquaCrop crop-water productivity model.
Please cite this code as:
Hernandez Rosales, Brianda (2023). R code and data for "Feasibility of Rainwater Harvesting in Arid Environments". Accessed [TODAY'S DATE].
Also, please cite the related journal article:
Hernandez Rosales, Brianda, and Alexandra Lutz. (2023) Assessing the Feasibility of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting for Food Production in Northwestern Arizona on the Hualapai Indian Reservation. Sustainability 15(4):2891.