Water supply measures used by the rural people of Ebonyi and Enugu, Nigeria

Onyenechere, Emmanuella Chinenye

doi:10.2166/aqua.2004.0033

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“…There have been studies on water supply in Nigeria over he years. Few of these include study conducted by [14][15][16][17]. These studies examined water vending and willingness to pay for water in Onitsha, deficiencies of piped water availability, improvement measures used by rural people of Ebonyi and Enugu States, and the water supply deficiency and its general impact on rural devel- opment within the Niger delta region Nigeria.…”

Section: Past Studies On Water Supply In Nigeriamentioning

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Water Supply Dilemma in Nigerian Rural Communities: Looking Towards the Sky for an Answer

Ishaku¹,

Majid²,

Ajayi³

et al. 2011

JWARP

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Access to safe water supply has great influence on the health, economic productivity and quality of life of the people. But meeting this need is one of the major challenges facing the rural communities of Nigeria today. The purpose of this review paper is to determine whether water supply have contributed effectively to health, social, and cultural development of Nigerian rural communities. Over 70% of households in rural communities do not have access to improved water supply. They rely solely on self-water supply (free source) such as rivers, perennial streams, water ponds and unprotected wells which is susceptible to water borne diseases such as typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery, malaria parasites etc. These rural populations are engaged in farming activities with low income level living in small scattered settlements thus, making provision of piped water supply very difficult. Governments’ interventions towards rural water supply have been through the provision of hand-operated boreholes and wells. These sources yield little or no water during the dry season and are prone to frequent breakdown; leading water crisis and shortages. This situation forces households especially the women and children to spend more time walking longer distances during the dry season to trot water for domestic purposes. Given the fact that the publicly operated water supply have not been able to cope with increasing demand, there is a need for a paradigm shift from the public monopoly of water supply to an innovative approach. Rainwater harvesting technology appears to be one of such alternative approaches

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Section: Past Studies On Water Supply In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Supply Dilemma in Nigerian Rural Communities: Looking Towards the Sky for an Answer

Ishaku¹,

Majid²,

Ajayi³

et al. 2011

JWARP

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“…There are numerous benefits of RWH (Krishna and Hari 2005;Russell et al 2008). Apart from providing a source of free water, it requires minimal storage and maintenance cost and brings water at the point of need (Onyenechere 2004;Nkwocha 2008;Efe 2006;Opare 2011). It has become an integral part of societies in remote places where piped water and reliance on wells is not an option (Kelvin and Ward 2006).…”

Section: The Need For Rwh In Northeastern Nigeriamentioning

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Rainwater Harvesting: An Alternative to Safe Water Supply in Nigerian Rural Communities

Ishaku

Majid

Johar

2011

Water Resour Manage

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Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is an economical small-scale technology that has the potential to augment safe water supply with least disturbance to the environment, especially in the drier regions. In Nigeria, less than half of the population has reasonable access to reliable water supply. This study in northeastern Nigeria determined the rate of water consumption and current water sources before estimating the amount of rainwater that can potentially be harvested. A survey on 200 households in four villages namely, Gayama, Akate, Sidi and Sabongari established that more than half of them rely on sources that are susceptible to drought, i.e. shallow hand-dug wells and natural water bodies, while only 3% harvest rainwater. Taraba and Gombe states where the villages are located have a mean annual rainfall of 1,064 mm and 915 mm respectively. Annual RWH potential per household was estimated to be 63.35 m 3 for Taraba state and 54.47 m 3 for Gombe state. The amount could meet the water demand for the village of Gayama although the other three villages would have to supplement their rainwater with other sources. There is therefore sufficient rainwater to supplement the need of the rural communities if the existing mechanism and low involvement of the villagers in RWH activities could be improved.

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Rural community water management through directional tunnelling: visual modelling of rainwater harvesting system

Raya

Gupta

2020

Water Practice and Technology

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Abstract Rainwater, a prominent source of water, needs to be properly harvested for better utilisation during water unavailable circumstances. Creating rainwater storage structures is an important aspect in the planning of water resources as it serves for future water usage and consumption. Advancements in rainwater storage structures are not happening on a large scale. Most of the structures are limited to individual household rainwater collection. Innovations and advanced technology applications must address rainwater storage functioning for a community. This research work proposes an innovative method called Directional Tunnelling for the activity of rainwater harvesting and its management for a small community in a rural area. Initially, rainwater is harvested in multiple individual household tanks, and later the excess of water from the corresponding tanks is subsequently collected in a community tank named as Directional tunnel. All the details related to rural community water management have been discussed as well as highlighted by visual modelling using Building Information Modelling (BIM) tools. The current research work is intended on the rural aspect; therefore, the directional tunnel's practical execution and results are portrayed in a better manner through a case study at a village in Rajasthan, India.

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Water supply measures used by the rural people of Ebonyi and Enugu, Nigeria

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Water Supply Dilemma in Nigerian Rural Communities: Looking Towards the Sky for an Answer

Water Supply Dilemma in Nigerian Rural Communities: Looking Towards the Sky for an Answer

Rainwater Harvesting: An Alternative to Safe Water Supply in Nigerian Rural Communities

Rural community water management through directional tunnelling: visual modelling of rainwater harvesting system

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