Typhoid. That’s why lots of Lagosians treat typhoid more than other states in Nigeria.

This is more common in Lagos because of scarcity of land.
Where your toilet soak away is, in your compound, is next to someone’s borehole, in another compound.

According to WHO, distance between a toilet and a borehole has to be a minimum of 100 meters. (that’s like one end of a goalpost to another end of a goalpost of a standard football field).

That’s why lots of houses don’t have soak away abroad. They rather have pipes that carry these wastes to central area where the wastes are treated properly.

Best is to be drinking water like CWAY etc in big dispensable water bucket, to safe cost of buying in pieces of bottled waters.

Just be using the borehole water to bath (add disinfectant) and wash and cook (boil thoroughly). That’s how you can be free from visit g hospitals and clinics.

It depends on a number of things. What is the depth of this borehole? and which environment? Lagos?
People should not forget that the borehole they drink for may just be very close to a soakaway at the other side of their own compuond fence.

Princejydo:
Good afternoon nairalander, pls in my apartment, the bore hole is sunk besides the soakaway and now the soakaway is full, and the water is usually coming out especially during the raining season. I want to ask that is it safe to drink the water. Though we have been drinking it since I got there around 2019 but now the soakaway is full and the caretaker has refused to do the needfull

Anitatunde:
To pack out no hard o.

Perfect answer 😂

From a hydrogeologist perspective, I would expect the soakaway to seep into the groundwater. The height of the aquifer or potentiometric surface and the soil properties will determine.

Stephaniegold:
It is super safe to drink....rubbish question

Technically it may be safe, when it is well dug. Pathogens in soak-away water can't get to the bottom of the bore hole, except that there is a leakage along the casing at its top hole.
I guest you had the op saying that they have been drinking it.

By safety standards it should be at least 100 meters apart. The borehole sucks water from any source underground including polluted water.

Unless you paid specifically for Soakaway disposal to the caretaker, you can't wait for him or the landlord to do that for you.

It is the tenants' responsibility to evacuate the tank. The Landlord can only contribute to the money.

Is the Landlord using it with you?

Boil wella

PUK!

Please you were supposed to add graphic to this post.

Ah..

Very safe ..

Free sause and flavors....

Is the caretaker or landlord living in the house? It is the responsibility of the tenants to contribute money and get it evacuated.

Nobody will come and pack your shit for you.

Princejydo:
Good afternoon nairalander, pls in my apartment, the bore hole is sunk besides the soakaway and now the soakaway is full, and the water is usually coming out especially during the raining season. I want to ask that is it safe to drink the water. Though we have been drinking it since I got there around 2019 but now the soakaway is full and the caretaker has refused to do the needfull

So na caretaker go pack your shit abi ...that means you go soon drink shit ...make una contribute and clear that shit

Very bad and unsanitary

YelloweWest:
By safety standards it should be at least 100 meters apart. The borehole sucks water from any source underground including polluted water.

100m bawo?

How long is a. Plot of land na?

Depends on the depth. Septic tanks and boreholes are not of same depth. If the septic tank is 15ft deep and the bore hole is 90ft deep, I don't see how they'll mix.

6 meters is the standard distance from any soak away to any source of portable water according to world health organisation, the soil has the capability ro have filtered the solid waste before contaminating the well.

It will only be safe for drinking if the depth of the well (borehole) is upto 200-250ft deep. But if the depth is 100ft or 120ft, it is unsafe for consumption even without the soakaway been filled. To drill a borehole, 10ft to 15ft distance is suppose to be given to the point where the well is to be drilled.

robinfemi:
Lol. You no fit live for village be that o... I know one village abi na local government for Edo, the stream, they up side na drinking water why the down is bathing and washing

it makes a lot of sense, and quiet safe

Absolutely not
Who did the survey?

Not safe, not hygienic

Anitatunde:
To pack out no hard o.

Is not that easy to get a befitting accommodation this time including all the prepayments & charges involved.

Princejydo:
Good afternoon nairalander, pls in my apartment, the bore hole is sunk besides the soakaway and now the soakaway is full, and the water is usually coming out especially during the raining season. I want to ask that is it safe to drink the water. Though we have been drinking it since I got there around 2019 but now the soakaway is full and the caretaker has refused to do the needfull

You are about to eat this plate of egusi, vegetable soup + pounded yam ....... A fly drops a tiny piece of excreta/feaces, in the middle of this meal.........

What would you do ....... Get a spoon and remove the offending matter or pour the meal away .......😂😜

No

Nazgul:
Do people still drink borehole directly from the ground in this age?

i didn’t use to drink it before , but sapa is a respecter of nobody 😂. My wife boils the water before putting in the fridge . It is sweeter than pure-water🤣, all thanks to bulabla 🥺

Princejydo:
Good afternoon nairalander, pls in my apartment, the bore hole is sunk besides the soakaway and now the soakaway is full, and the water is usually coming out especially during the raining season. I want to ask that is it safe to drink the water. Though we have been drinking it since I got there around 2019 but now the soakaway is full and the caretaker has refused to do the needfull

It is not safe, your soakaway should be sited at least 100m away from the water source. Buy sachet water of good quality to avoid the risk.

Princejydo:
Good afternoon nairalander, pls in my apartment, the bore hole is sunk besides the soakaway and now the soakaway is full, and the water is usually coming out especially during the raining season. I want to ask that is it safe to drink the water. Though we have been drinking it since I got there around 2019 but now the soakaway is full and the caretaker has refused to do the needfull

If a borehole is too close to a soakaway there must be a leakage. In order to eliminate the risk of contamination, soakaways must be located more than 30m or 150m from boreholes.

Lol, it's actually safe but psychologically people may have a problem with it.

Princejydo:
Good afternoon nairalander, pls in my apartment, the bore hole is sunk besides the soakaway and now the soakaway is full, and the water is usually coming out especially during the raining season. I want to ask that is it safe to drink the water. Though we have been drinking it since I got there around 2019 but now the soakaway is full and the caretaker has refused to do the needfull

Whether the Soakaway is full or not, don't drink that water, even after evacuation.

It's not advisable, because there will be underground seepage from the soak away, which will inturn add bacteria such as E. coli and aeromonas into the water.

It would be very safe . But my concern is more to do with structural integrity or failure which in itself very unlike unless the borehole less than 1.5m from septic tank/soakaway.

Boil b4 drinking