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Procurement of housing for low to middle income people in the city of Palembang is carried out by the government and developers with the direction of building housing on the outskirts of the city. One of the development directions is the Talang Kepuh area, Ilir Barat District 1. Housing development in this area is carried out on landfill swamp land, so that in its construction it must have its own characteristics. In addition, the problem of housing development is the difficulty of providing clean water. So that it takes a housing design that pays attention to environmental aspects, one of which is the rainwater harvesting system as an alternative solution to the problem of providing clean water to meet the needs of the community. The rainwater harvesting system is the use of rainwater harvesting, where rainwater from the roof of the house will be channeled into distribution pipes which will then be forwarded and accommodated in a holding tank. The analytical method used is descriptive qualitative. The results of the discussion are outlined in the form of a simple concept of planning and designing an environmentally friendly house.