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American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (commonly referred to as ARCSA) is an American non-profit association founded by Dr. Hari Krishna in 1994, focused on rainwater awareness and to promote sustainable rainwater harvesting (RWH) practices in the United States.

ARCSA's efforts include: creating a favorable regulatory atmosphere, creating a resource pool and educating professionals and the general public regarding safe rainwater design, installation and maintenance practices. It has more than 1,500 members consisting of both manufacturers as well as dealers/distributors of equipment.  In 2014 ARCSA created a White House petition to stimulate the rainwater-harvesting industry, and convert this underutilized resource into a job-creating economic engine. While the petition didn't receive the 100,000 votes in 3 months needed to move to the next stage, ARCSA used this as a platform to begin a petition with Change.org to create an International Rainwater Harvesting Day.

In 2015 ARCSA merged with the Canadian Association of Rainwater Management (CANARM) and will continue as a North American association.

ARCSA National Conferences Austin, Texas 2003 Seattle, Washington 2005 Hilo, Hawaii 2007 Santa Monica, California 2008 Atlanta, Georgia 2009 Austin, Texas 2010 Portland, Oregon 2011 Raleigh, North Carolina 2012 Austin, Texas 2013 Phoenix, Arizona 2014 Long Beach, California 2015

References: http://www.acwa.com/events/2010-arcsa-national-conference http://www.environmental-expert.com/companies/american-rainwater-catchment-systems-association-arcsa-29963 http://aquanomix.com/tag/american-rainwater-catchment-systems-association/ http://universitysprinklers.com/bcs-largest-rainwater-harvesting-project-caught-video/ http://www.hawaii247.com/2015/03/01/rainwater-catchment-workshops-slated/

External links: ARCSA - American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association CANARM - Canadian Association for Rainwater Management International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance