OVERVIEW OF DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA

Authors : Nura Isyaku BELLO, Mahmoud Zubair IMAM, Hassan ADAMU, Ahmad Said ABUBAKAR

Pages : 489-494

Doi:10.32003/igge.918650

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Publication Date : 2021-07-23

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Accessibility to safe and clean domestic water by households is paramount for personal and developmental health at all levels in Nigeria. Kano State Water Board insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(KSWB); was saddle with responsibility of domestic water supply to the entire state. The state have about 22 water treatment plants that source, treat and distribute water to the residents of the study area. The data collected were from secondary sources, descriptive statistics was the statistical instruments used in the data analysis. KSWB supply about 415 million litres daily insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MLD); to the Kano city and its environs and about 92 MLD to local government headquarters and semi-urban areas. Similarly, there about 50 commercial water standing pumps being operated and maintained by KSWB to ease water supply to nook and crannies of the state.Where pipe borne water is not connected, boreholes, hands pumped and concrete wells are constructed by Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RUWASA); to ease water supply at sufficient quality and quantity to rural communities in the state.
Keywords : Kano state, Domestic Water Supply, Nigeria