Chukwuma Oji, a resident of Ogui New Layout and teacher in one of the schools in the Enugu metropolis now goes to big hotels and banks every day to answer nature’s call because of unavailability of water in his neighbourhood to clean toilets in his apartment.

Oji now takes his bath once in three days because he could no longer afford N400 everyday to buy two bags of sachet water at N200 per bag for his daily bathing.

Indeed, water scarcity has been a major social problem in Enugu State, especially the Enugu metropolis, over the years.

According to Orji, for the past two months or thereabouts, the state water corporation has not supplied water to the area, adding that wells which he and other residents of the area rely on for alternative water supply have dried up because of the dry season the state is witnessing currently

In two weeks, we have had no water and since then I have been hoping that the tap will rush. Before, if there was no tap water, I used to buy water from a well for N15 to bathe and flush the toilet but wells have dried up and wells that have water, before it gets to your turn, you will spend about two to three hours to fetch a gallon or two. Now since last week, that well has not been opened for the public. It is now restricted to the owners because the water in the well has gone down drastically.”

Narrating how excruciating to source water for his domestic use, he said, “Now, other people that have well have increased the price of a gallon to N50 and the queue there equally is troubling, and before you know it after about 50 gallons have been fetched, it will finish and you won’t get water from it until the following day and if you didn’t get there before 5:30 am, you wouldn’t get water. Now I didn’t have a big tank that I could buy water from.

Ezewuzie01:
It is a big shame on Enugu the capital of eastern region for a long time and designated capital of Biafra that it doesn't have ordinary water that many towns and villages in other states take for granted. A friend told me that people in Enugu hardly take their baths, they just spray perfume to cover up.

smartasuen:
Can't the very affluent men and women there team up to do boreholes on every street?
I mean, how much will it cost them........

smartasuen:
Can't the very affluent men and women there team up to do boreholes on every street?
I mean, how much will it cost them........

Figger:
the thing tire me oh, I've lived in Enugu before and I can categorically tell u that water is thier biggest challenge there. I kept wondering if it's impossible to dig borehole there.

jmoore:




Topography of the area determines the accessibility of water via borehole.



“If you don’t have the necessary rock, what is called an aquifer, which can contain and also be able to release water in abundance, it will be hard. If you are not within the water table, the hope of getting water is slim and even if you do, it will dry up easily,” he explained.
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cool318:


You summarized it all. In addition, even when the water table is found, to drill a borehole in that location is almost up to 2-3 million .
Cost of drill bits ( tens of it will be used), lengths of pipes etc.

You find out that an average person can't spend that much for erecting a borehole In Enugu.
A soil that doesn't have sand, natural chippings all through

cool318:


You summarized it all. In addition, even when the water table is found, to drill a borehole in that location is almost up to 2-3 million .
Cost of drill bits ( tens of it will be used), lengths of pipes etc.

You find out that an average person can't spend that much for erecting a borehole In Enugu.
A soil that doesn't have sand, natural chippings all through

helinues:


You guys like giving excuse Sha.

Dubai is a desert yet they don't have water problem.

Water is essential, no matter how much it might cost, if the political leaders are really ready to fix it, they can

blamingthedevil:


You are making excuses for government. If 1000 public boreholes are done every year since Independence, will that not have aleviated the sufferings of the masses?

jmoore:





He said 'the average person'. Where did you see government in his comment? He only said the average man can't solve such problem

Comprehension 101.

jmoore:





He said 'the average person'. Where did you see government in his comment? He only said the average man can't solve such problem

Comprehension 101.

blamingthedevil:

You are still making excuses. Water supply anywhere in the world is a public good that is provided, protected and provisioned by government. It is never a private matter .

helinues:


Good water provision should be sole responsible of government or?

Why can't he talk about the government that have failed instead of using individual as excuse?

jmoore:


Why can't you talk yours and leave his? He is not responsible for your lack of comprehension. Do you know the meaning of excuse?

jmoore:

Either comprehension is hard for you or you are deliberately ignorant.

Where did I say government should not provide water?

blamingthedevil:


So , where did I mention that private individuals cannot provide water for themselves, which they have been doing for centuries?

Why are you contradicting yourself?

helinues:


If you like, carry the goal post from Umu Eri junction to Izebala drive, bottom line, water no dey Enugu.. Which have been like that for decades

jmoore:


Subtle way of admitting that you dey misyarn. You and blamingthedevil should attend comprehension lessons.