[[Image:road runoff1.jpg|thumb|right|250px225px|Capturing road runoff will also help with soil conservation. Photo: UNDP]]
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.
==Construction, operations and maintenance==
[[Image:road runoff2runoff map.jpg|thumb|right|250px225px|The This map illustrates how you locate the channels coming from the road runoff system of capturing rainwater was created by a farmer. PhotoClick image to zoom in. Drawing: UNDP]]
This technology is categorized under WOCAT as a combined structural/ vegetative measure. [[Bunds]] and channels are stabilized with perennial grass. Its purpose is primarily to increase soil moisture for crop production, and it achieves impact through water harvesting. In soil conservation terms it reduces land degradation and soil erosion by water.
==Field experiences==
[[Image:road runoff2.jpg|thumb|right|225px|The road runoff system of capturing rainwater was created by a farmer. Photo: UNDP]]
====Improvements====
One improvement regarding adoption of the system would be to assist farmers in layout and design. These road runoff harvesting systems can be very effective, but if not well designed or managed may lead to high maintenance requirements and an increased erosion hazard. An idea for improving Musyoka’s system, from the WOCAT data collectors who visited him, is that he could make his channels shallower to allow more water to spillover into his fields, rather than it being lost through deep infiltration. In terms of research, this is one of the systems most in need of validation and full description, as water harvesting is extremely important in the drylands of Kenya. And here is a system that works.
