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A Study on Sources, Availability and Accessibility of Potable Water in Imo State, Nigeria
World Journal of Social Science Research
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A Study on Sources, Availability and Accessibility of Potable Water in Imo State, Nigeria
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Iwuala, Chimezie C.
Amadi, Agwu N. Udujih, Obinna G. Udujih, Helen I. N., Okereke, S. |
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| Description |
Sources, availability and accessibility of potable water were studied in the three geopolitical zones; Okigwe, Owerri, Orlu zones of Imo State, Nigeria. A total of 800 pretested and randomly distributed questionnaires were used on adult respondents in the three zones. Results identified borehole water as the major (65.4%) source of drinking water among the respondents. More than half (53.8%) of the respondents have their water source located less than 50m from their houses, of which 33% have their boreholes located within their compounds. About half of the respondents visit water bodies daily. The highest total rating of supply of water by the respondents was on “poor” supply. The poor rating was more in Okigwe zone where 107 (64.7%) gave poor rating for supply of potable water. The study has shown that although there is availability and accessibility of water, there is need to monitor sitting of water sources and create awareness as well as lay emphasis on purification since what is available and accessible is not potable.
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SCHOLINK CO.,LTD
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2020-01-20
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjssr/article/view/2561
10.22158/wjssr.v7n1p1 |
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World Journal of Social Science Research; Vol 7, No 1 (2020); p1
2332-5534 2375-9747 |
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eng
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http://www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjssr/article/view/2561/2637
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Copyright (c) 2020 Chimezie C. Iwuala, Agwu N. Amadi, Obinna G. Udujih, Helen I. Udujih, Okereke, S. N.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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