Rainwater monitoring crucial to catchment management - DWA

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Rain, for some reason creates confusing reactions from people. When you talk to a farmer, for example, he will usually complain that the rain was too early, too late, not enough, too much, or not at all. Nevertheless, it is clear that the farmer needs the rain even though it might not fall at the time or in the volumes required. For the city dweller, rain is usually an incon venience – it ruins his schedule, his clothes, and creates discomfort, causing him to get wet. We are, however, not here to discuss people’s perceptions of rain, but the importance of rain in the hydrological cycle and the process of managing our water resources.

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