Water Production Potentials of Present Enugu Water Supply Facilities

Abstract

Enugu metropolis has been growling under acute scarcity of water supply for many decades. Majority of the residence rely solely on water vendors who source their water at 9^th Mile Corner, about 8km away from Enugu using water tankers. This study found out that the three functional water production facilities of  Ajali water scheme, Oji River and Iva valley schemes are working at `15% installed capacity, having a combined production of 20,000m³/day of water. The rehabilitation of Ajali, Oji River and Iva valley water schemes to work at 100% installed capacity and the revival of “crash programme borehole” water scheme, Amechi Awkunanaw water project, Ajali Phase 2 and Iyioku water scheme would provide a combined capacity of 281,500m³/day which is sufficient to take care of the future demand of 228,760m³/day in 2041