SUSTAINABLE WATER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR RURAL NIGERIA
Impact/Purpose:
The purpose of this project is to improve human health and increase economic productivity of communities in rural Nigeria through environmentally sensitive design of community-based water supply systems.
Description:
Rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa face the most acute water supply challenges in the world. Nigeria, the most populous African country, has considerable populations without basic access to safe drinking water, with over 50% of the country lacking coverage. The village of Adu Achi, Oji River Local Government Area, Enugu State currently seeks to develop a gravity-fed distribution system, employing groundwater from the Ajali sandstone aquifer. The village and surrounding areas consist of approximately 10,000 people currently relying upon contaminated surface water 3km from households, on average. The lengthy dry season from November to March, the inconsistent quality of nearby surface water, and the traditional worship of the local water bodies have led groundwater to be selected as the source of supply. The main barriers to developing sustainable water provisions for the region are the lack of electricity, the depth of the aquifer (estimated at over 500 feet), informal government structures within the community, and economic support.
Record Details:
Record Type:PROJECT(
ABSTRACT
)
Start Date:08/15/2008
Completion Date:08/14/2010
Record ID:
207921
Keywords:
EROSION, HUMAN HEALTH, DISINFECTION, WILLINGNESS TO PAY, COST-BENEFIT, SURVEY, HYDROGEOLOGY, FOOD PROCESSING, RENEWABLE ENERGY,
Related Organizations:
Role
:OWNER
Organization Name
:EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY
Citation
:Abakaliki
Role
:OWNER
Organization Name
:UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Mailing Address
:601 E John St
Citation
:Champaign
State
:IL
Zip Code
:61820
Project Information:
Approach
:In order to ensure adequate, consistent, and clean water supply to a large, economically-challenged population of 10,000, an innovative and comprehensive program must balance appropriate technical design and implementation of infrastructure elements, coupled with community oversight of how this infrastructure should be built and subsequent management of the system, concurrent with education programs to reduce existing gaps in technical understanding and basic sanitation practices.
Cost
:$75,000.00
Research Component
:Nanotechnology
Approach
:In order to ensure adequate, consistent, and clean water supply to a large, economically-challenged population of 10,000, an innovative and comprehensive program must balance appropriate technical design and implementation of infrastructure elements, coupled with community oversight of how this infrastructure should be built and subsequent management of the system, concurrent with education programs to reduce existing gaps in technical understanding and basic sanitation practices.
Cost
:$75,000.00
Research Component
:P3 Challenge Area - Agriculture
Approach
:In order to ensure adequate, consistent, and clean water supply to a large, economically-challenged population of 10,000, an innovative and comprehensive program must balance appropriate technical design and implementation of infrastructure elements, coupled with community oversight of how this infrastructure should be built and subsequent management of the system, concurrent with education programs to reduce existing gaps in technical understanding and basic sanitation practices.
Cost
:$75,000.00
Research Component
:P3 Challenge Area - Water
Approach
:In order to ensure adequate, consistent, and clean water supply to a large, economically-challenged population of 10,000, an innovative and comprehensive program must balance appropriate technical design and implementation of infrastructure elements, coupled with community oversight of how this infrastructure should be built and subsequent management of the system, concurrent with education programs to reduce existing gaps in technical understanding and basic sanitation practices.
Cost
:$75,000.00
Research Component
:Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development
Project IDs:
ID Code
:SU834016
Project type
:EPA Grant