ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER IN IKEJI ARAKEJI: ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH (Published)
The research is aim at the Source of Portable Water in Ikeji, Its Effects on Human Health and Solving Problems related to it. Based on a detailed review a few research questions were raised and answered. The study adopted the description research design and a reasonable number of Ikeji indigenes. The main research instrument was the use of questionnaires for the data collection and simple percentage used in analyzing the data collected. The findings from the research analysis show that the access to portable water for the Ikeji indigenes was rain water, well water, water from the local stream and river and pipe borne water. Inspite of some of the problems encountered by the indigenes like impurity of the water, they still use the water. Based on this, it has been recommended that government make available other sources, and here are also suggestions for further studies attached to this study.
Keywords: Human Health, Pipe borne water, Portable water, Rain water, River water, Solving problems, Water from local stream, Well water
