TY  - JOUR
T1  - Bridging the Divide: The Challenge of Sustainable Water Supply to Peripheral Settlements
of Kaduna Metropolis
AU - Bulus Gyuk, Damina AU - Adesoji Anthony, Adegboyega AU - Jechoniah, Agabi 
JO  - Environmental Research Journal
VL  - 14
IS  - 3
SP  - 68
EP  - 75
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1994-5396
DO  - erj.2020.68.75
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=erj.2020.68.75
KW  - Sustainable
KW  -challenge
KW  -water supply
KW  -peripheral settlements
KW  -Igabi
AB  - Water problems of urban areas vary greatly
with those of peripheral areas. While most cities have
provisions for pipe borne water supply, the challenge of
the periphery is the lack of provision for supply of pipe
borne water. This study provides understanding of
potentials and challenges for sustainable water supply in
peripheral settlements as basis for intervention. Thirteen
settlements were identified cutting across the two local
government areas where peripheral growth is dominant:
Chikun and Igabi. Data collection and analysis was
conducted in 70% of the identified peripheral settlements.
A sample size of 0.5% was drawn from 61.182
households was sampled constituting 305 questionnaires,
from which only 269 were retrieved for analysis. Results
reveal poor access to pipe borne water and over
dependence on boreholes and dug wells; Valuable time is
lost to water fetching. The need for sustainable water
supply is established through indication of desire for pipe
borne water supply and willingness to pay for pipe borne
water supply. Among the challenges to be surmounted to
ensure sustainable water supply are: poor physical
conditions of peripheral settlements; poor management of
metropolitan growth and water suppliers’ challenges. It is
recommended, therefore that a comprehensive land use
plan should be prepared which covers the metropolis and
periphery; legal recognition for the existing peripheral
settlements; expansion of the capacity of the water
treatment plants and provision of public boreholes to meet
water supply on the interim.
ER  -