41% of Public Water Supply in Nigeria contaminated – Water Resources Minister

The Federal Government has pledged to end continuous contamination of drinking water sources, as 41 per cent of the country’s public water supply were contaminated with feces.

The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, said this at the launch of the Nigerian Roadmap for Water Quality Management and Guidelines for Rural Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Surveillance in Abuja on Tuesday.

Utsev said the roadmap was an opportunity to change the poor narrative of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) indices in the country.