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.

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Final Progress Report

Record Details:

Record Type:PROJECT( ABSTRACT )

Start Date:08/15/2008

Completion Date:08/14/2010

Record ID: 207921

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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