THE ROLE OF WATER VENDORS IN DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY IN NASSARAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA
THE ROLE OF WATER VENDORS IN DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY IN NASSARAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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2015-12
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SALAHUDEEN, Hajarat
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Water vending is often taken as a symptom of a failure in piped water systems, It still play
significant roles in providing water to many urban dwellers in many parts of the world Kano
State inclusive.Therefore this study examined the role of water vendors in domestic water
supply in Nassarawa LGA of Kano State. The specific objectives were to identify and map out
the main water pumps used by vendors for water supply in the study area,examine the factors
responsible for the involvement of water vendors in meeting household water needs, assess
the pattern of vended water distribution in the study area and to identify the challenges of
patronising vended water in the study area. Both systematic and purposive sampling
techniques were used to select the sampled areas in the study area as well as the respondents.
A total of 384 respondents were sampled, out of which 284 residents and 100 water vendors
were sampled respectively. The study showed that majority of the vended water is sourced
from outside Nasarawa LGA and mostly from shallow wells/stand pumps located at the
extreme north western part of the study area borderingFagge LGA and Ungongo, and
Kumbotso LGAs which is about 3 – 4 km away from Nasarawa LGA. It was also found that
majority (64.1%) the residents in the study area patronise the services of water vendor, with
majority (81.3%) buying their water from wheel barrow vendors/handcarts, while 15.4% buy
theirs from tanker truck vendors and the least patronised were head carriage vendors. Daily
patronage of vendor service dominated the frequency of respondent‟s patronage of vended
water supply. It was found that most households (51.0%) are not connected to pipe borne
water network connection. Among those connected, majority (45.3%) receives duration of
water flow from the tap between 1.5-6hours. Seasonal variation in vended water
demand/supply patterns exists in the study area, with dry season accounting for the highest
water demand and most supplies are made during the morning and evening hours. Based on
the challenges faced in buying vended water, lack of water quality guarantee dominated with
29.7%, followed by high charges from vendors (price) with 25.3%, lack of guaranteed
services by vendor accounted for 20.9%. The study recommended that vendors should be
recognised as an integral part of the water system as this may help in the design (and
implementation) of more comprehensive policies that better serve (poor) end-users, by
ensuring greater reliabilities and affordability of water vendors service. In addition, efforts
should be made by government to expand pipe borne network coverage to every household in
the study area and in the case of inabilities of the authorities to achieve 100% household
connection alternative efforts too should be made to strategically and randomly construct
public water stations, boreholes to serve remote areas.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF
SCIENCE DEGREE (M.SC.) IN GEOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
ROLE,, WATER VENDORS,, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY,, NASSARAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,, KANO STATE,, NIGERIA