{"id":173353,"date":"2026-05-18T15:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?p=173353"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:13:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:13:59","slug":"rainwater-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/cities-and-prosperous-communities\/rainwater-harvesting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Replicable Scientific Map for Finding the Best Places to Harvest Rainwater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A recent study developed a methodology to identify the areas where the systems of water collecting would have the greatest potential to decrease water demand and mitigate flooding<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rainwater harvesting could become one of the best tools to supply the water needs of Mexican cities and reduce the probability of future crises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research focused on the La Silla River basin, in the southern part of the Monterrey metropolitan area<\/strong>, a region that in recent years has experienced severe droughts, accelerated urban growth<\/a>, and extreme rainfall events associated with climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to these crises, governments in different states usually just encourage reduced consumption and expanding conventional infrastructure, such as aqueducts and wells, but they rarely use alternative strategies, despite their great potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRainwater is the least expensive source we have because it is free, and it is also one of the least contaminated,\u201d says Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez<\/a>, research professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences<\/a> (EIC) at Tec de Monterrey and part of the Water 360<\/a> group and the Water Center for Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a>, as well as one of the authors of the article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The methodology they developed is replicable<\/strong> and can be used practically anywhere that has the necessary information and data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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