ACCESS TO PIPE- BORNE WATER IN KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorDANIEL, Martin Nkanson
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-09T12:34:49Z
dc.date.available2015-04-09T12:34:49Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.descriptionA 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, 2014en_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6361
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectACCESS,en_US
dc.subjectPIPE- BORNEen_US
dc.subjectWATERen_US
dc.subjectKADUNA SOUTH LOCAL,en_US
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT,en_US
dc.subjectAREA,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA.en_US
dc.titleACCESS TO PIPE- BORNE WATER IN KADUNA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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