Authors : C.N. Mama, C.C. Nnaji, I.P. Obe, C.D. Victor, D.C. Nwonu, I.A. Yakubu and F.O. Okechukwu
Abstract: Supply of abundant safe water has great influence on the health, economic productivity and quality of life of the people. Meeting this need is one of the major challenges facing both the rural and urban communities of Nigeria today. Therefore, improving water supply should be a major focus by the government, NGO’s and other concerned bodies. There is disparity between the present daily water supply in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka by the university water works unit and the daily water requirements for the university residents. The estimated daily water requirement is 1,709,879 L/day and the estimated average quantity produced daily is 1,620,000 L/day but experiences 20-30% loss. Average of about 1,280,000 L/day reaches the consumers. Therefore, percentage of requirements satisfied is 74.86% implying that the university water works unit still needs about 25.14% of its current level of water supply to satisfy the total water requirement. The analysis of the water from the university water source shows that the quality indices of the sample were appreciably acceptable and the microbial analysis is within the WHO acceptable limit. The shortfalls in the quantity of the water supply in UNN are linked to the technological and management problems encountered by the university water works unit. Reactivation of the dormant and improving the existing water supply facilities in the university; modern technology approach using automated digital computer systems such as PLC and SCADA, among others should be used to monitor the whole distributing piping system.
C.N. Mama, C.C. Nnaji, I.P. Obe, C.D. Victor, D.C. Nwonu, I.A. Yakubu and F.O. Okechukwu, 2019. Ameliorating Water Supply Problems in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 14: 9734-9739.