URBAN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR WATER SUPPLY IN PERIPHERAL SETTLEMENTS OF KADUNA METROPOLIS
URBAN MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR WATER SUPPLY IN PERIPHERAL SETTLEMENTS OF KADUNA METROPOLIS
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2012-12
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DAMINA, BULUS GYUK.,
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Abstract
The need for water cannot be overemphasized as water is crucial for healthy living. Despite this,
access to portable water in many urban areas still remain a huge challenge. Giving that attempts
are being made to surmount water problems of cities, little is being done to overcome water
problems of peripheral settlements. Most studies on water delivery have rather emphasize the
urban challenge, combined both core and periphery which has fallen short of reporting the
difficulty residents of periphery are faced with in order to meet daily water needs. The research
narrows to investigating water supply and demand characteristics resulting to urban management
challenges as a result of water supply problems of these areas. Data collection and analysis was
conducted in 70% of the identified peripheral settlements of Kaduna metropolis. A sample size
of 0.5% of 61,182 household constituted 305 questionnaires, from which only 269 were retrieved
for analysis. Results revealed poor access to pipe borne water and over dependence on boreholes
and wells, which lacks the capacity of supplying the required water quantity. Attempts to meet
needs is responsible for patronage of water vendors with high cost and health implications. The
hope to secure pipe borne supply from the metropolis is far-fetched as the KSWB lacks the
capacity to meet water demand of the metropolitan core let alone the periphery. To address the
water supply shortage of peripheral settlements, there is the need to plan and manage new
growth points. Also to ensure that commercial borehole operators are organized to supply water
to existing peripheral settlements at regulated price; and the capacities of existing water
treatment plants serving the metropolis be increased to cater for the excess population of the core
as well as the periphery. Pipe borne supplies to peripheral settlements should commence with
those that currently have provision for supply
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A Thesis Submitted to the Dean Post Graduate School, Ahmadu Bello
University Zaria in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of a Master of Science in
Urban Management
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
DECEMBER, 2012
Keywords
URBAN,, MANAGEMENT,, MANAGEMENT,, CHALLENGES,, WATER SUPPLY,, PERIPHERAL,, SETTLEMENTS,, ,KADUNA,, METROPOLIS.