Urban Water Poverty: X-raying the Albatross among Public Water Supply Agencies in Port Harcourt Municipality, Rivers State, Nigeria
Journal Title: International Journal of Social Science And Human Research - Year 2022, Vol 5, Issue 04
Abstract
One of challenges facing urban mangers especially in the developing countries deals with their inability to meet the water needs of the ever increasing population of its urban dwellers. The present study examined the challenges militating against effective water delivery to residents among public water supply agencies in Port Harcourt municipality. The non-probability sampling technique was used to select five (5) out of the twenty (20) neighborhoods in the study area. This sampling strategy ensured the deliberate inclusion of the planned areas of the municipality (Main Town, Diobu (Miles 1, 2 and 3), and Oromineke Layout, which are expected to still bear the footprint of past (colonial) planning for water delivery, and at least one of the old indigenous enclaves now being transformed into modern residential neighborhoods.Finding revealed that the challenges of public water supply in Port Harcourt municipality is not due to the absence of institutional framework, but low investment towards water infrastructural development, a situation that has led to dilapidation of existing water facilities in the municipality.Among the challenges militating the provision of water by public water supply agenciesin Port Harcourt include: inadequate investment/funding , vandalism /encroachment on water rights –of- way , and lack of political will. Others are Indiscriminate sitting of water projects , Lack of state owned laboratory for water testing, and issues relating to sustainability The study advocates for the revamping of the water supply schemes in the area by ensuring collaboration between and among public water agencies in the area so as to achieve sustainability in water delivery through the tenets of cost recovery strategies that will in-turn promote socio-economic development for not just the municipality but the state.
Authors and Affiliations
Gbarabe, F. O. , Weje,I. I. , Dapa, I. N
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- EP ID EP703690
- DOI 10.47191/ijsshr/v5-i4-18
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