@article{ajwr2020812,
author={Ojile, Meshach Owho},
title={Assessing and Providing Water for Small Communities in the Niger-Delta, Nigeria ¨C A Water Supply Situational Study in Kpite-Tai in Ogoniland, Rivers State},
journal={American Journal of Water Resources},
volume={8},
number={1},
pages={12--20},
year={2020},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajwr/8/1/2},
issn={2333-4819},
abstract={A Development Needs Assessment study carried out in Ogoniland found availability of social infrastructures, including those of potable drinking water inadequate; barely a quarter sources water from functional community boreholes. The source of water for majority of the resident population are varied but susceptible to contamination; shallow hand-dug wells, ponds, isolated freshwater streams with few private boreholes. The Kpite-Tai community, one of several communities in Ogoniland exemplifies this lack and dependence on irregular source of water. A detailed development-driven study geared towards providing a sustainable water project for the population, using a group of communities was commissioned. The study mandate included among others: determining reliable estimate of community¡¯s population, the population density of the area, availability and access to potable water infrastructure (source(s), accessibility, distance to water source, the quantity used by households, for what purposes/uses, and most recent water intervention in community and from which agency/organization). Both the qualitative and quantitative socio-economic data collection approaches were utilized involving rapid appraisal methodologies. The paper presents some aspects of the results of the study.},
doi={10.12691/ajwr-8-1-2}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}