The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
Abstract
The study focused on the accessibility and consequences of domestic water supply(DWS) in Mbaitoli L. G.A. Structured questionnaire was administered on 10 autonomous communities that were randomly selected. Sources of DWS evaluated includes : bore hole, stream, pond, rainwater, underground water, water vendor and pipe borne water. The results revealed that rainwater consumption has the highest percentage of 24% with pipe borne water having the lowest percentage of 1%. Accessibility study revealed that 26% travelled between 1-2km, 51% between 3-4km and 23% revealed above >4 km in search of water. The result hygienic condition shown that 69% affirmed the poor hygienic conditions of sources of DWS, while 48% do not treat water meant for drinking and provision of potable water is on self-help basis constituting 76%, with Government having 16%, and Non-governmental Organizations(NGOs) constituting 8%. Based on the results, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) should be practiced to include Government and NGOs involvement in water supply, operation and maintenance (O&M) of rainwater harvesting (RWH) to: improves water availability, its proximity, its quantity and its quality in order to eradicate women's and girl’s children burden of collecting water for domestic use and reduce the amount of rainwater that goes to the drainage in order to avoid the floods phenomena. Keywords: Sources, Consequences, Accessibility , Domestic, Water