Hillel 2005
Hillel, D., 2005: Water harvesting. In Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. D. Hillel, J.H. Hatfield, D.S. Powlson, C. Rosenzweig, K.M. Scow, M.J. Singer, and D.L. Sparks, Eds., vol. 4. Elsevier/Academic Press, pp. 264-270.
The term 'water harvesting' generally refers to the collection of rainstorm-generated runoff from a particular area (a catchment) in order to provide water for human, animal, or crop use. The water thus collected can either be utilized immediately, as for irrigation, or be stored in aboveground ponds or in subsurface reservoirs, such as cisterns or shallow aquifers, for subsequent utilization. As such, water harvesting is an ancient practice that has enabled some societies to subsist in semiarid and arid areas where other sources of fresh water (e.g., rivers, lakes, or aquifers) are scant or unavailable.
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Hillel, D.: Water harvesting, in: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, edited by Hillel, D., Hatfield, J.H., Powlson, D.S., Rosenzweig, C., Scow, K.M., Singer, M.J., and Sparks, D.L., vol. 4, 264-270, Elsevier/Academic Press, Amsterdam et al., 2005.
Hillel, D. (2005), Water harvesting, in Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, vol. 4, edited by D. Hillel, J.H. Hatfield, D.S. Powlson, C. Rosenzweig, K.M. Scow, M.J. Singer, and D.L. Sparks, pp. 264-270, Elsevier/Academic Press, Amsterdam et al.
Hillel, D., 2005: Water harvesting. In Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. D. Hillel, J.H. Hatfield, D.S. Powlson, C. Rosenzweig, K.M. Scow, M.J. Singer, and D.L. Sparks, Eds., vol. 4. Elsevier/Academic Press, pp. 264-270.
Hillel, D. 2005, in Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, ed. Hillel, D., Hatfield, J.H., Powlson, D.S., Rosenzweig, C., Scow, K.M., Singer, M.J., & Sparks, D.L., vol. 4, 264 (Amsterdam et al.: Elsevier/Academic Press).
Hillel D. Water harvesting. In: Hillel D, Hatfield JH, Powlson DS, Rosenzweig C, Scow KM, Singer MJ, Sparks DL, editors. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, vol. 4, pp. 264-270. Amsterdam et al.: Elsevier/Academic Press; 2005.
D. Hillel, In Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, D. Hillel, J.H. Hatfield, D.S. Powlson, C. Rosenzweig, K.M. Scow, M.J. Singer, D.L. Sparks, Eds. (vol.4, Elsevier/Academic Press, Amsterdam et al., 2005), pp. 264-270.
