The turning point for water resources development and management policy in
Nigeria could be traced as far back as 1960 after the severe drought of the
1950s. In year 2000, the federal government formulated a new National Water
Supply and Sanitation Policy. The study was designed to determine whether
or not, a national policy on domestic rainwater harvesting is entrenched in the
national water supply and sanitation policy. A case study was carried out in
Enugu north agricultural zone of Enugu State. Data for the study were
collected from 70 respondents through the use of a structured interview
schedule. Frequency distribution, percentage and mean statistic were used in
the analysis of the data. The findings revealed that there was an absence of
national, state and local government’s policy on domestic rainwater harvesting
for agriculture and domestic supply in the study area unlike what is obtainable
in other countries such as China, Brazil, Zimbabwe and India. It was
recommended that the National Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Nigeria
should be reviewed to accommodate domestic rain water harvesting for
agriculture and domestic supply.