Assessment of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting among Households in Nsukka, Enugu State Nigeria

This research assessed household rooftop rainwater harvesting among households in Nsukka, Enugu State Nigeria. The people's interest in rooftop rainwater harvesting is a consequent of epileptic water supply from municipal scheme and groundwater mining. Data for analysis was gathered through the use of questionnaire survey. The results show that only 68 of the respondent harvest rooftop rainwater while 34 do not practice rainwater harvesting. Over 30 of households in the study area don't harvest rainwater for contamination reasons. 89 use it for sanitary and other purposes. Only 11 drink rainwater which indicates unfitness of rainwater for drinking. The study concludes by recommending that since the fear of contamination is a major hindrance to the usage of rainwater, proper water treatment methods should be incorporated into rainwater harvesting system. Nnaji Charles Chidozie | Nwosu Evanpaschal Olisaemeka | Ekeokwueze Kingsley Chimeogo "Assessment of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting among Households in Nsukka, Enugu State Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-3 , June 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd64999.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/water-resource-engineering/64999/assessment-of-rooftop-rainwater-harvesting-among-households-in-nsukka-enugu-state-nigeria/nnaji-charles-chidozie