Knowledge and Practices of Local Residents Regarding Rainwater Harvesting (RH)

Abstract

World population is increasing and it increases the demand for water. Due to which water resources are diminishing. There is dire need of creating awareness among the local population regarding current RWH potential as a dynamic alternative solution for water shortage. Water may be conserved and utilized by catchment of rooftop. This paper explores the knowledge of the population, for this study, four areas from Pune city were selected. The samples --- was kept as 117 --non-probability purposive sampling who met inclusion criteria. Self-structured questionnaire was developed based on the research problem. 

Eighty-one (69%) respondents were male, majority of the participants (58%) were above 20 years of age. Sixty-three samples (54%) were studied above graduation. It was found that ------80% of the respondents were having moderate knowledge and only 15 (12%) respondents were found adequate knowledge.