Rainwater Harvesting: An Alternative to Safe Water Supply in Nigerian Rural Communities

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-305

  Ishaku, H T ^a   Majid, M Rafee ^a   Johar, Foziah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Northeast Nigeria; Rainwater harvesting; Rural water

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; NATURAL WATER BODIES; NIGERIA; NIGERIANS; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RURAL COMMUNITY; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER DEMAND; WATER SOURCE;

RAIN; WATER SUPPLY;

HARVESTING;

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84855244718     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-011-9918-7     Document Type: Article

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