Rainwater harvesting and storage as a historical model for water conservation in the peruvian Andes

• Autores: Ortega Quispe, Kevin Abner, Valerio Deudor, Lady Luz
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad de Huánuco
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Huánuco
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.localhost:article/367
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.udh.edu.pe/index.php/udh/article/view/385e
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: agua; almacenamiento; captación; lluvia; histórico; pluvial; water; storage; harvesting; rainfall; historical

This article calls for reflection on the importance of water as a natural resource increasingly necessary and scarce in the environment, where rainwater harvesting will have to become an important part of our lives if we are to enjoy a sustainable future. The objective of this work was to develop a historical and bibliographical review to defne the ancestral techniques and methods of rainwater harvesting and storage that can be used and applicable in the PeruvianAndes. It was carried out based on an approach to the history of the management of rainwater resources through different civilizations, continents and epochs. It can be concluded that the return and revaluation of these ancestraltechniques and methods is urgent for the populations, which supported by conventional engineering and rainwater harvesting systems can be transformed into a real initiative that allows extending the availability of the resource in periods and seasons of difficulty and water scarcity, especially in those sectors of the Peruvian Andes that show a serious deficiency in the service of access to water. Therefore, these adaptation measures implemented by our predecessors can be re-evaluated and applied today in a new scientifc and technological context, in order to improve the quality of life in society and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals.