An assessment of self-help water supply in Akure, Nigeria

Alexander Adeyemi Fakere, Clement Oluwole Folorunso, Felix Kayode Omole, Hezekiah Adedayo Ayoola and Olatunde Arayela

Utilities Policy, 2018, vol. 51, issue C, 89-94

Abstract: Water is essential for human survival, and access to potable public water supply is crucial for household health. The prevalence of self-help water supply in Akure means that residents seek for water from untreated and unsafe sources. This paper argues that the absence of water supply from public water-supply infrastructure in the city is undesirable. We draw on information provided by focus groups representing five communities in the city. The findings revealed a wide array of self-help provision of water supply in the study area. We recommend the revivification of the dilapidated water-supply infrastructure in the study area.

Keywords: Public infrastructure; Self-help; Water supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2018.03.004

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