A case study: A SWOT analysis of small-scale rainwater harvesting system in Batu Pahat

Abstract

Abstract Rainwater harvesting is a common practice of storing water in a container before it will be used for other purposes. On a domestic scale, homeowners with a rainwater harvesting system (RWHS) installed in their houses faced challenges to maintain and use the stored water. Therefore, this study aims to identify strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of conventional domestic small-scale RWHS. A comprehensive opinion of the conventional domestic RWHS is gathered through a series of semi-structured interview with homeowners in Batu Pahat district. The result indicates the afterthought design of RWHS leads to bigger problems such as difficult to maintain, unknown water quality, hazards for children, fixed and undesirable design. The authors conclude by presenting the results in the form of SWOT analysis and offering some recommendations to mitigate existing problems addressed in this study.