NPO rainwater town development support

address：〒150-0001　東京都渋谷区神宮前1-20-14神宮村301

Email：　amemachi.supo@gmail.com　

Chairman’s greetings

In recent years, natural disasters have frequently occurred and their scale has also been increasing. This has been linked to progressive global warming. The frequency of heavy rainfall is increasing and such intense rainfalls are often concentrating on a limited area. It has been the case that existing rivers and sewers can not cope with such extreme rainfall. As disasters occur that go beyond historical experience, we have to find new ways to respond to them.

For that purpose, measures for dealing with excessive rainwater, called retention (catchment) measures, are needed now. It is important to keep the rain that has fallen in a designated place and temporarily store it. This is easy to do for everyone, and we can achieve big results if we act together. It is effective to put a rainwater tank or take measures to allow the rainwater to seep into the ground. Even better, you can make a small pond or temporary water puddle in the garden and add some plants. To reduce impacts of increasing rainfall, such measures should be implemented everywhere.

In order to promote efforts for rainwater utilization, this NPO evaluates and authenticates sites with excellent performance and promotes a technology system for their realization. In addition, for facilities that use rainwater,a technician who can  properly maintain, manage and operate them is needed. This person also has the role of nurturing human resources, as well as evaluation and certification of their ability. In addition, tests will be conducted in order to deepen knowledge and insight into general rainwater issues.

Through these activities of certification, we would like to contribute to the creation of "Rain houses", "Rain gardens" and "Rain towns" that utilize rainwater.

Hiroshi Kamiya, Executive Director, Non-Profit Organization Rainwater Community Development Support

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