Evaluation of Access to Public Water Supply in Two Major Cities in Nigeria

A A Amori,A A Makinde

doi:10.5923/j.ajee.20120206.01

Abstract

The issue of access to portable public water supply in the last three decades has been a topical issue of high interest to several individuals, communities, organizations and governments. In the face of dwindling and depleting water resources, there is the general concern of how people will have unhindered access to portable water supply. This paper against this background examined differences in public perception of access to portable water supply on the basis of some socio-economic and demographic factors such as gender, socio-economic background and marital status. The findings showed that there was a significant difference in public perception based on gender while there were no differences on the basis of marital status and socio-economic background. The implications of these findings for water resources management was discussed and recommendation made as to how access to public water supply can be easily guaranteed and sustained over time.

Highlights

Efforts at enhancing efficient public water supply is never complete until every citizen or inhabitants of a part icular place have unhindered access to potable and safe water
This issue becomes more pertinent if it is realized that most developing countries ( Africa) does not have efficient public water supply systems simp ly because its inhabitants do not have direct access to available water supply
It becomes crit ical to e xa mine whether in the real sense, people have access to safe and portable water supply in Nigeria and how they perceive such access based on some socio-demographic factors such as gender, marital status and socio-economic background

Summary

Introduction

Efforts at enhancing efficient public water supply is never complete until every citizen or inhabitants of a part icular place have unhindered access to potable and safe water. The issue of access is very critical and essential as it becomes inefficient if public water is provided but does not get to the final users This issue becomes more pertinent if it is realized that most developing countries ( Africa) does not have efficient public water supply systems simp ly because its inhabitants do not have direct access to available water supply. Water remains a commodity for which there is no substitute which has to be provided in order to ensure the execution of some essential human tasks Given this scenario, it becomes crit ical to e xa mine whether in the real sense, people have access to safe and portable water supply in Nigeria and how they perceive such access based on some socio-demographic factors such as gender, marital status and socio-economic background

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