[[Image:road runoff1.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Capturing road runoff will also help with soil conservation. Photo: UNDP]]
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Capturing rainwater runoff from a nearby road was a technique created by Musyoka Muindu in Kyethani Location, Mwingi District. He had been steadily developing his system since he began in 1993. This was largely as a result of hands-on experience and observations, but with some help and training from the MOARD (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) in soil and water conservation. His technology was reported by Mwarasomba and Mutunga (1995) in their survey of positive experience in Kenya’s ASAL (Arid and Semi-Arid Lands) areas.
====Adoption by other farmers====
The farmer has designed systems for two neighbours: indeed the main channel from the road passes through the farm of one of these, with whom he works co-operatively. The total adoption is recorded to be around 40 farmers. They are all now harvesting runoff from tracks or hillsides in this vicinity. However, several of those who have taken up his initiative have not managed to guide the runoff water through the farm as effectively as Musyoka has done.
==Manuals, videos and links==
* [http://www.samsamwater.com/library/Book6_Water_from_roads.pdf Water from Roads: A handbook for technicians and farmers on harvesting rainwater from roads]. Erik Nissen-Petersen for Danish International Development Assistance (Danida), 2006.
==Acknowledgements==
* Kithinji Mutunga and Will Critchley, [http://www.samsamwater.com/library/TR27_PFI_WOCAt.pdf FARMERS’ INITIATIVES IN LAND HUSBANDRY Promising technologies for the drier areas of East Africa.] UNDP – Office to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNSO/ESDG/BDP) and Sida’s Regional Land Management Unit, 2001.
* [http://www.infonet-biovision.org/default/ct/180/soilConservation Water Storage.] Infonet-Biovision.org.