ACCESS TO PIPE- BORNE WATER IN KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ACCESS TO PIPE- BORNE WATER IN KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2014-11
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DANIEL, Martin Nkanson
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Abstract
This study examined access to pipe-born water in Kaduna South Local Government Area,
Kaduna State. The specific objectives were to identify the sources of household water
supply and identify the presence of pipe lines facilities in each household, to establish the
percentage of household with access to pipe-borne water and to determine if the quantity
of pipe water supply meets demands, to assess the effects of quantity of water supply on
the socioeconomic activity of householders. This study adopted a survey research. Data
for this study was acquired by administration of a total of 300 questionnaires to
households in five wards within the study area (60 questionnaires in each ward).
Purposive sampling method was employed to select the respondents. The analysis was
based on descriptive statistics and presentation. The study revealed that most of the pipe
lines meant for the supply of potable water was old and inefficient despite a significant
(84.4%) coverage of these pipe lines facilities. Pipe-borne water supply in the study area
is not sufficient to meet the demands of the residents due to irregularity in the flow of
water; 4.2% of these taps run every day, 8.8% of these taps run once a week, 11.7% of
these taps run once in 3 days, 18.4% of these taps run once a year, 22.2% of these run
once a month, while 37.7% water used for cooking, washing, drinking and sanitary
purposes were mostly source from alternative sources that are energy and time
consuming and costly to obtained. The average water consumed per person per day in the
study area was 37.76 liters which is below the minimum absolute daily water needed 50
liters per person per day as stated by UNDP (2008). Consequently pipe- borne water
supply in the study area do not have any significant impact on the socio-economic
activities of residents as people still spent the better part of their time sourcing for water,
this study therefore recommended that there should be constant monitoring of population
growth rate and repairs of damage pipes and taps.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF A MASTERS DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY.
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,ZARIA,
NIGERIA
NOVEMBER, 2014
Keywords
ACCESS,, PIPE- BORNE, WATER, KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL,, GOVERNMENT,, AREA,, KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA.