Year |
Date |
Activity |
2005 |
August |
・2005. Tokyo Asia Pacific Sky Water Forum |
2003 |
August |
PR members attended the 11th IRCSA Conference in Mexico City and the 1st ARCSA Conference in Texas, America |
July |
Changed the name of organization from PPRU to People for Rainwater(PR) |
July |
Started to promote new Sky water projects in cooperation with NGO in Bangladesh |
March |
Held the Global Network Conference focusing on "Rainwater as a key point for the solution of water crisis" at Kyoto Ecology Center
Held the rainwater utilization session at the 3rd WWF in Kyoto at Kyoto International Conference Hall |
March |
Published English version of Rain Encyclopedia |
January |
Completion of Sky water plants in Bangladesh |
2002 |
January |
Went to Tasmania, Australia to research rain water bottling technology |
May |
Received "2002 Japan Water Prize" for innovative rainwater utilization projects |
September |
Started to install Sky water plants in Bangladesh |
October |
Dr.Murase, secretary general of PPRU, received 2002 Rolex Award
for innovative rain projects |
2001 |
February |
Started Sky water projects for securing safe drinking water instead of the arsenic contaminated ground water in Bangladesh |
May |
Opened Rainwater Museum in Sumida City |
August |
Rainwater Utilization Seminar in Takamatsu |
September |
The 10th IRCSA Conference in Germany |
December |
Published Rain Encyclopedia in Japanese |
2000 |
March |
Members attended the 2nd WWF in Hague, Netherlands |
August |
Rainwater fair in Sumida focusing on "The effectiveness of Rainwater Utilization for Flood Control " |
August |
Sumida City received Local Initiatives Awards in Desau, Germany for rainwater utilization projects in cooperation with PPRU |
1999 |
August |
Rainwater utilization seminar for international cooperation to secure safe water |
August |
Members attended the 9th IRCSA Conference in Brazil |
November |
Went to Gansu Province, China, to research rainwater utilization projects and to Bangladesh to research arsenic contamination of well water |
1998 |
August |
Rainwater utilization forum in Sumida for local governments and citizens |
1997 |
April |
The 8th IRCSA Conference in Iran |
August |
'97 Rainwater Fair in Okinawa |
1996 |
July |
'96 Rainwater Fair in Sumida |
1995 |
April |
People for Promoting Rainwater Utilization (PPRU)was reorganized
from TIRUC Organizing Committee |
August |
'95 Rainwater Fair in Sumida |
1994 |
August |
Tokyo International Rainwater Utilization Conference(TIRUC)
organized by TIRUC Organizing Committee, Sumida City and JIRCSA |
