title: Rainwater Harvesting and Dengue.
abstract: As a retired Environmental Health Chief (UN/WHO SEAsia Region) I got involved in rainwater harvesting in India through my Rotary Club a few years ago and my recent experiences have prompted the following observations. I find rainwater harvesting has three specific dangers to public health which get overlooked each year in our anxiety to meet drinking water shortages in our cities.
authors.forename: Soli
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arceivala
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002947:Cities; D009033:Culicidae / Q000502:physiology; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000032:analysis*; D060587:Groundwater / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D011634:Public Health; D011891:Rain; D059027:Recycling; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical / Q000032:analysis; D060753:Water Quality
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water