Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria

Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria

Access to safe water supply is one of the fundamental basic needs for human survival. This study examined patterns of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State,Nigeria.Data used for this study were obtained from social survey on access through questionnaire...

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Main Author: Akoteyon, Isaiah Sewanu
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2016
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spelling ukm-103282017-04-20T09:41:19Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10328/ Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria Akoteyon, Isaiah Sewanu Access to safe water supply is one of the fundamental basic needs for human survival. This study examined patterns of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State,Nigeria.Data used for this study were obtained from social survey on access through questionnaire administration of randomly sampled 200 household members from four settlements each from Badagry and Ikorodu local government areas during the month of September 2012.The results showed that, boreholes, protected dug wells, vendors providing water, and rainwater harvesting were the main sources of water in the study area. Access to improved water source revealed that Igbogbo, a settlement from Ikorodu had the highest score with about 16.1%. About 21.7% of the households have access to safe water. A dependent relationship was established at p<.000 between the settlements and safe water sources. The pattern of access to improved water source showed that, households from Iworo-Ajido and Igbogbo had the highest access in Badagry and Ikorodu local government areas respectively. The attributes of water access showed about 60%, 79.8%, 42.7% and 62.1% of the respective households gained access to water based on distance, time taken, number of trips and quantity of water consumed per capita per day. The study concluded that access to safe water supply was low in the area. It recommended rainwater harvesting technology, extension of piped water connections and public standpipes for safe water supply provision to the suburb settlements. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10328/1/9x.geografia-mei2016-akoteyon-LN-edam%20%281%29.pdf Akoteyon, Isaiah Sewanu (2016) Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (7). pp. 93-106. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=7&ver=loc
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description Access to safe water supply is one of the fundamental basic needs for human survival. This study examined patterns of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State,Nigeria.Data used for this study were obtained from social survey on access through questionnaire administration of randomly sampled 200 household members from four settlements each from Badagry and Ikorodu local government areas during the month of September 2012.The results showed that, boreholes, protected dug wells, vendors providing water, and rainwater harvesting were the main sources of water in the study area. Access to improved water source revealed that Igbogbo, a settlement from Ikorodu had the highest score with about 16.1%. About 21.7% of the households have access to safe water. A dependent relationship was established at p<.000 between the settlements and safe water sources. The pattern of access to improved water source showed that, households from Iworo-Ajido and Igbogbo had the highest access in Badagry and Ikorodu local government areas respectively. The attributes of water access showed about 60%, 79.8%, 42.7% and 62.1% of the respective households gained access to water based on distance, time taken, number of trips and quantity of water consumed per capita per day. The study concluded that access to safe water supply was low in the area. It recommended rainwater harvesting technology, extension of piped water connections and public standpipes for safe water supply provision to the suburb settlements.
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author Akoteyon, Isaiah Sewanu
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Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria
author_facet Akoteyon, Isaiah Sewanu
author_sort Akoteyon, Isaiah Sewanu
title Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria
title_short Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria
title_full Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of Lagos State, Nigeria
title_sort pattern of household access to water supply in sub-urban settlements in parts of lagos state, nigeria
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10328/
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