SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY NETWORKS IN AMAWBIA, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

O. I. Odumodu

Abstract: This work addresses the sustainable management of water supply given one or more sources of water supply for the Amawbia Water Scheme which is under the Awka Water Scheme of the Anambra State Water Corporation, Awka. The viable cost for water supply and distribution in the study area shall be determined which takes into account the annual operation and maintenance costs.This shall help the Anambra State Water Corporation, Awka, the responsible water agencyfor this water scheme to stay in business as it faces the challenges of competing water vendors in Amawbia and environs. The annual costs for the operation and maintenance is forty two million, four hundred thousand naira only (N42.4m) for the unit treatment processes of sedimentation, coagulation and flocculation, filtration, metals removal and disinfection. The accruable annual revenue which is one hundred and twenty six million, seven hundred and twenty thousand naira only (N126.72m) shows that the water scheme is sustainable and viable if properly managed by the responsible water agency.

Keywords: Sustainable, Management, Cost, Water, Operation and Maintenance

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0507042