Challenges of Water Resource Development and Management in Zing Town, Taraba State, Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 355-360
Author(s):  
E D Oruonye ◽  
E Bange
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Earth Dam ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Resource Development ◽  
Dug Wells ◽  
Development And Management

This study examined the challenges of water resource development and management in Zing town,Taraba State, Nigeria. The study considered issues of sources of water supply in Zing town, the nature of water challenges, impacts of the water challenges on the socio-economic life of the people, water management strategies and prospect of urban water resource development in the study area. 110 questionnaires were systematically administered in ten streets that were purposively selected in Zing town. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result of the finding indicates that majority (45.5%) of the respondent have their water source from borehole, 18.2% streams, 18.2% hand dug wells and 9.1% from other sources (mostly water vendors). The study shows that 68.2% of the respondents had their water point located outside their households, while only 31.8% claimed to have their water sources located within their compounds (this is mostly hand dug wells). The nature of water challenge in the area ranges from severe (50%), not severe (27.3%) and normal (22.7%). The results also shows that only 34% of respondents claimed to have access to sufficient water daily, while 66% of the respondents hardly have access to sufficient water on daily basis. The study shows that the water management strategy adopted mostly by the respondent ranges from storing water in large container (48.2%), reduce water use (29.1%), increase amount spent on water (13.6%) and others 9.1% (mainly re-use of water). The prospect of water resource development in the study area is very bright with the proposal of a small earth dam in Monkin settlement by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Monkin small earth dam which is meant to generate 500KW of electricity can be integrated into an urban water supply project in the area. This will assure more reliable water supply all year round. It will also help to overcome some of the challenges of servicing the hand pumps which rendered them inadequate when they break down. This study recommends the need to replace the old and obsolete borehole equipment with new ones and increase the number of boreholes to meet the increasing water demand in the area.

scholarly journals Challenges of Water Resource Development and Management in Zing Town, Taraba State, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 355-360
Author(s):  
E D Oruonye ◽  
E Bange
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Earth Dam ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Resource Development ◽  
Dug Wells ◽  
Development And Management

This study examined the challenges of water resource development and management in Zing town,Taraba State, Nigeria. The study considered issues of sources of water supply in Zing town, the nature of water challenges, impacts of the water challenges on the socio-economic life of the people, water management strategies and prospect of urban water resource development in the study area. 110 questionnaires were systematically administered in ten streets that were purposively selected in Zing town. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result of the finding indicates that majority (45.5%) of the respondent have their water source from borehole, 18.2% streams, 18.2% hand dug wells and 9.1% from other sources (mostly water vendors). The study shows that 68.2% of the respondents had their water point located outside their households, while only 31.8% claimed to have their water sources located within their compounds (this is mostly hand dug wells). The nature of water challenge in the area ranges from severe (50%), not severe (27.3%) and normal (22.7%). The results also shows that only 34% of respondents claimed to have access to sufficient water daily, while 66% of the respondents hardly have access to sufficient water on daily basis. The study shows that the water management strategy adopted mostly by the respondent ranges from storing water in large container (48.2%), reduce water use (29.1%), increase amount spent on water (13.6%) and others 9.1% (mainly re-use of water). The prospect of water resource development in the study area is very bright with the proposal of a small earth dam in Monkin settlement by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Monkin small earth dam which is meant to generate 500KW of electricity can be integrated into an urban water supply project in the area. This will assure more reliable water supply all year round. It will also help to overcome some of the challenges of servicing the hand pumps which rendered them inadequate when they break down. This study recommends the need to replace the old and obsolete borehole equipment with new ones and increase the number of boreholes to meet the increasing water demand in the area.

EFFECT OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ON LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS, AND ESTIMATES OF POPULATIONS AT RISK

2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOBIAS E. ERLANGER ◽  
MARCEL TANNER ◽  
MARCIA CALDAS DE CASTRO ◽  
ROBERT BOS ◽  
JÜRG UTZINGER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Lymphatic Filariasis ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Water Resource Development ◽  
Effect Of Water ◽  
Populations At Risk ◽  
Development And Management

scholarly journals Subsurface Investigation for Effective Water Resource Prospect: A Panacea to Problem of Water Supply Services in the Built Environment of the Newly Created Areas in Anambra, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Uche Felix Ikechukwu ◽  
A. A. Onunkwo
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Underground Water ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Water Resource Development ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Effective Water

The creation of new Local Government Areas (LGA) in Nigeria has brought about problem of water scarcity due to population increase and consequent increase in the construction of residential buildings; especially in the south east in the recent time . Ihiala LGA is a case under study. Since the creation of Ihiala local government area in Anambra State of Nigeria, there is the need for underground water resource development for effective water supply system towards sustainable housing in the area due to population increase, and development of more residential buildings. By using Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) technique in geophysical survey of the subsurface, it was discovered that there are about six litho-logical units in the area. The subsurface litho-logy, aquifer depth and their dispositions, were probed using Abem Tetrameters 300 SAS and Geographic Information System equipments to identify the resistivity of the formations. In the area, sand stone deposit is prominent at the upper levels between 3 to 27 meters. Aquifer depth is located within 75 to 120 meters. The saturated sand stones significantly occur within the 3rd and 5th layers of the litho-logical horizons. The aquifer is mostly semi confined, and composed of sand, silty sand and sand-stone mineral aggregates. Subsurface water resources exploitation using borehole facility in the area therefore should reference these discoveries for easy and sustainable underground water resource development, to meet the people daily need for good water in the study area.

A brief history of water supply and wastewater management in ancient Greece

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 618-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Angelakis ◽  
D. S. Spyridakis
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
History Of ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
Greek Civilization

The evolution of urban water management in ancient Greece begins in Crete during the Middle Bronze and the beginning of the Late Bronze Ages (ca. 2000–1500 B.C.) when many remarkable developments occurred in several stages as Minoan civilization flourished on the island. One of its salient characteristics was the architectural and hydraulic function of its water supply and sewerage systems in the Minoan Palaces and several other settlements. These technologies, though they do not give a complete picture of water supply and wastewater and storm water technologies in ancient Greece, indicate nevertheless that such technologies have been used in Greece since prehistoric times. Minoan water and wastewater technologies were diffused to the Greek mainland in the subsequent phases of Greek civilization, i.e. in the Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. The scope of this article is the presentation of the most characteristic forms of ancient hydraulic works and related technologies and their uses in past Greek civilizations.

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