Introduction: Water was once considered as a non-limited resource. Due to factors such as population growth and climate change, the shortages of this once referred to, non limited resource are becoming increasingly evident. The total volume of water in the world remains constant. Objectives To assess the level of knowledge on rainwater harvesting among house wives of urban community Nellore To find the association between the knowledge score on rain water harvesting and selected demographic variables of house wives of urban community in Nellore. To develop and distribute an information booklet on rainwater harvesting methods to the housewives of urban community in Nellore. Material and method: The present community based cross- sectional study was conducted in urban community, at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh state(India). The study sample included 150 house wives are selected by convenience sampling technique. Results and Discussion: Results shows that majority of the housewives 106 (70.7%) were having moderately adequate knowledge and 26 (17.3%) were having inadequate knowledge level and 18 (12%) housewives had adequate knowledge level. Conclusion : The existing knowledge level of house wives was found inadequate.
