Contribution of Rainfall on Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting and Saving on the Slopes of Mt. Elgon, East Africa

Table 3

Typology of rural rooftop rainwater harvesting systems.

Rooftop rainwater harvesting systems	Description
	Clay pot: traditionally used to store drinking water and also used to harvest rainwater
	Reinforced concrete tanks: it is a conventional reinforced cement concrete technology
	Saucepan: iron- or aluminium-made saucepans utilised to harvest rainwater
	Corrugated iron tank: informally manufactured galvanised corrugated iron sheets
	Industrial metallic/plastic drums: industrial iron drum utilised for rainwater harvesting
	Plastic tank: factory-made plastic tanks
	Plastic jerrycan: factory-made plastic jerrycan (normally 20 litres)