IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/envsyd/v26y2006i3d10.1007_s10669-006-7829-6.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Quality of rainwater harvesting for rural communities of Delta State, Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • S. I. Efe

    (Regional Planning Delta State University)

Abstract

This paper assess the level of potability of rainwater samples harvested from catchments roofs in 6 rural communities of Delta State, Nigeria to achieve this goal a stratified sampling technique was adopted in the establishment of 90 sterilized cans into the 3 senatorial districts of Delta; on the basis of one can for thatch, aluminium, asbestos and corrugated iron sheets, and open surfaces. Six rural communities each were chosen from the three senatorial districts, making a total of 18 rural communities that were chosen for the study. The harvested rainwater samples were analysed with the most appropriate equipment and analytical techniques as recommended by World Health Organisation (WHO) and federal ministry of environment in Nigeria. Kruskal—wallis H’test statistical techniques was employed to ascertain whether differences exist amongst the rainwater samples collected from thatch, aluminium, asbestos and corrugated iron roofing sheets, and open surfaces. The result revealed that most of physiochemical and biological characteristics of rainwater samples were generally below the WHO threshold, as such the rainwater characteristics showed satisfactory concentration in these rural communities. Thus, the rainwater from these rural communities should be harvested, stored for human consumption and for other uses by the inhabitants. But treatment is needed in terms of their pH, TSS, Fe and colour. Similarly, significant differences exist amongst the rainwater samples collected from the 5 roofing types, most especially low quality of rainwater were observed in thatch and asbestos roofing sheets. Thus, rainwater from these sources should be purified before consumption.

Suggested Citation

  • S. I. Efe, 2006. "Quality of rainwater harvesting for rural communities of Delta State, Nigeria," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 26(3), pages 175-181, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:26:y:2006:i:3:d:10.1007_s10669-006-7829-6
    DOI: 10.1007/s10669-006-7829-6
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10669-006-7829-6
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s10669-006-7829-6?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. H. Ishaku & M. Majid & Foziah Johar, 2012. "Rainwater Harvesting: An Alternative to Safe Water Supply in Nigerian Rural Communities," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 26(2), pages 295-305, January.
    2. David Baguma & Willibald Loiskandl & Helmut Jung, 2010. "Water Management, Rainwater Harvesting and Predictive Variables in Rural Households," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 24(13), pages 3333-3348, October.
    3. Oana Brînzan & Marian Drăgoi & Dalia Bociort & Eugenia Țigan & Nicoleta Mateoc-Sîrb & Monica Lungu, 2020. "A Market-Based Economic Instrument to Better Use Water in Agriculture," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-12, February.
    4. Aderonke Okoya & Bamikole Osungbemiro & Temi Ologunorisa, 2017. "Spatial and Temporal Variation of Rainwater Chemistry in Ile-Ife and Its Environ, Osun State, Nigeria," Journal of Sustainable Development, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 10(2), pages 203-203, March.
    5. S. Efe, 2010. "Spatial variation in acid and some heavy metal composition of rainwater harvesting in the oil-producing region of Nigeria," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 55(2), pages 307-319, November.
    6. Marcus O. Edino & Godwin N. Nsofor & Leonard S. Bombom, 2010. "Perceptions and attitudes towards gas flaring in the Niger Delta, Nigeria," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 30(1), pages 67-75, March.
    7. Ali Akbar Jamali & Reza Ghorbani Kalkhajeh, 2020. "Spatial Modeling Considering valley’s Shape and Rural Satisfaction in Check Dams Site Selection and Water Harvesting in the Watershed," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 34(10), pages 3331-3344, August.
    8. S. I. Oni & Emmanuel Ege, 2008. "Rainwater Harvesting Potential for Domestic Water Supply in Edo State," Indus Journal of Management & Social Science (IJMSS), Department of Business Administration, vol. 2(2), pages 87-98, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:envsyd:v:26:y:2006:i:3:d:10.1007_s10669-006-7829-6. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.