Abstract

Currently, many areas in Nigeria face strong water stress, and to reduce the pressure exerted on water, making water a reusable ecosystem service is essential. Economic efficiency of a water monitoring system can involve having a program to influence and manage water resources and the environment based on the utilization of modern information technologies and techniques. This article aims at demonstrating the importance of Economic efficiency of a water monitoring system, cases and deaths from water-related diseases by decade. A significant factor of managing water safety is understanding water availability, demand, utilization, how it acts in response to change, climate and pressures. Comprehensive understanding of a water system correctly and deeply depends on professionalism, monitoring, documentation and reporting of water system parameters. Human health risk assessment model was applied to estimate cases and deaths from water-related diseases.

Highlights

  • Natural systems including human economic and social activities are influenced by water in the perspective of a river basin

  • Ecologists, Environmentalists and Economists supporting values on Eco-system service such as water have a different opinion to whether price and fares should be introduced for water protection and who is to pay for the cost of the protection

  • These various opinions are a result of consideration of the triple bottom line, which differs from traditional reporting frameworks and includes ecological, economic and social aspects that are often difficult to measure

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Introduction

Natural systems including human economic and social activities are influenced by water in the perspective of a river basin. Economic efficiency of monitoring system allows for a proactive response, data security, information gathering and the overall good health of people. It prevents unpleasant incidents and when these incidents occur, they are identified faster, which saves lives, time and money. Ecologists, Environmentalists and Economists supporting values on Eco-system service such as water have a different opinion to whether price and fares should be introduced for water protection and who is to pay for the cost of the protection These various opinions are a result of consideration of the triple bottom line, which differs from traditional reporting frameworks and includes ecological, economic and social aspects that are often difficult to measure

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