Urban Informality and Safe Water Situation in Southwestern Nigeria
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2024-05-30
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Donnish Journal of Geography and Regional Planning
Abstract
his work studies the effects of informality on drinking water quality in selected informal settlements of
Southwestern Nigeria. Both primary and secondary data were used. Primary data were obtained through
observation, interview and photo snaps. Water samples were collected from the most used drinking water
sources and analyzed to ascertain their safety levels. The work discovered that unprotected hand-dug-wells are
the main drinking water sources of the residents. When the laboratory analysis results were compared with WHO,
SON and NAFDAC standards, all the samples failed safety tests. The work recommends a coordinated
interventionist approach that would break the chain of poverty, and hurt the existence and spread of informality
in our cities. Free distribution of water treatment pills, gadgets and other products, provision of water schemes
and environmental education were also suggested.