Hand-built earthen micro-dams: Appropriate technologies for village self-development
Tim Goertzen
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This manual includes five parts; the basic compacted earth microdam technology used by the MCC-Gaous program, variations on the given technology, recommendations for post-construction activities for the village that has successfully constructed a micro-dam, a suggested process or methodology, and an exemplary history of a micro-dam project in the village of Kolondioura, Burkina Faso.
70 pages, illustrated
Publication Details
- Published: 1988
- Publisher: Mennonite Central Committee
- Dewey Decimal: 627.8
- ECHO Library: 627.8 GOE