Water Budget formulation for Ahmadu Bello University, main Campus as a Water Resources Management Option

This study provides a water resources management option through formulation of water budget for the main campus of the ahmadu bello university, zaria using secondary data obtained from various sources. the data revealed that, water consumption in the campus in the year 2005 was 3,101 m^3/d and 3,125 m^3/d in year 2015. available total surface water resources (atswr) are 24,410 m^3/d while utilizable total surface water resources (utswr) are 3,214 m^3/d. the investigation shows that, at the time of this study atswr was more than utswr. the authors prepare water budget: total surface water resources (tswr) in the campus are 24,410 m3/d while utilizable surface water resources (uswr) are 3,214 m3/d