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41% of Public Water Supply in Nigeria contaminated – Water Resources Minister
VikokoOctober 17, 20231 Mins read8
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.
According to him, the 2021 WASH Normal Outcome Routine Mapping 3 shows that 67 per cent of population have access to basic water supply services, while only 13 per cent have access to safely managed drinking water services.
He said the report revealed that contaminated water at the source and at the point of consumption stood at 68 and 70 per cent, respectively.
Meanwhile, only 28 out of the 36 states have urban water supply utilities or state water agencies; 16 states have fully functional urban utilities, while 12 were partially functional.
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