Abstract
Abstract: Water scarcity has become a serious global threat due to hazardous population growth frequent droughts and changing climate pattern (Carolina B. Mendez et. al). Water is scarce natural resource, even though 71% of land is covered by water out of total water on the earth near about 25% are fresh which is being utilized for various purposes viz. domestic, irrigation and industrial are common. Nowadays the need of commercial water is magnifying tremendously in a developing country like India which has long tradition of rural culture. Here in this study, an attempt was made to estimate the potential of rooftop rainwater harvesting in the state of Nagaland, India. The results showed that the total domestic water demand of Nagaland was estimated at 62,012,868,550 liters and domestic supply potential only from rooftop rainwater harvesting was estimated to fulfill about 64.70% of total water demand and the shortage which is about 35.3% can be through state governments water supply scheme, from the private sector and also other sources like pond, river, spring water, etc
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