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Managing and adapting to drought can be done by using small-scale technical solutions to access, store, treat, distribute, and productively use water. These technologies help increase the availability of water, are suitable in drought prone areas, and show the best methods on how to make water systems more resilient to drought.
[[Image:infiltration ponds small.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Infiltration ponds]]]]
[[Image: bare rock catchment small.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Natural rock catchment and Open water reservoir]]]]
[[Image:rainwater harvesting small.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Rainwater Rooftop rainwater harvesting]]]]
[[Image:HandDugWell.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Traditional hand-dug wells]]]]
====Shallow groundwater====
*[[Dug wells|Traditional hand-dug wells]]
*[[Riverbed hand-dug wells]]
*[[Riverbed infiltration galleries]]
*[[Controlled flooding / Spreading basins]]
*[[Subsurface harvesting systems]]
====General tips====