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Utility
5%
Commercial
Mobile Boreholes
Vendors 60%
15%
Regional Topography
•Hilly in the north and
west
•Massive clays and beds of
old shale with roughly
developed bands of chert
•Rapid surface runoff has
cut deep, steep-sided gullies
in the flanks of the hills.
•Relatively flat in the
south
Case Study:
Uboma, Imo State
• Population:10,000
• Average Household Income:
US $2.5 per day
• State of Infrastructure: Poor
• Current Domestic Water
Usage:15-30L/person/day
• No latrines in local markets
and public spots.
• Open defecation is rife.
• The few latrines are
primitive, filthy, smelly and
with lots of flies.
Case Study
State Water Utilities
• Participatory WATSAN
(Water and Sanitation)
Assessment Exercise
– involved urban
stakeholder teams in Jos,
Nigeria
– Water for African Cities
Phase II (WACII) Project
• also had a gender lens
– Project was in 2005
4 Major Activity
th
• Geophysical Surveys
and Borehole Drilling
Program
– sponsored by private
owners/users.
– in urban, peri-urban and
rural parts of Eastern
Nigeria
– Project began in 1998
and still continues
6th Major Activity
• Mor-sand Filter for Oil
Producing Communities
Project
– sponsored by the World
Bank Development
Marketplace
– in environmentally degraded
oil producing communities in
Niger delta region Nigeria.
– consists of manufacturing
filters training community
youths, and marketing of
these clean water filters
– currently a start up.
Another Initiative!
• Mechanical latrine emptying, upgrading
and short listing in Port Harcourt.
– Partnering with the public sector
• improve public health, personal dignity and the quality
of the living environment.
– Project specific areas of interest include:
• the emptying of septic tanks and pits
– treat the waste for reuse in agriculture
• building of latrines
• sanitation promotional trainings etc.
– The project is built on the realization that all
septic tanks and pits will eventually become full
of accumulated human sludge.
Who works with me?
• I work with a team of
young scientists,
engineers and
managers who are
service minded.
• We have opted to use
our talent and learning
RAWDP delegation at a reception
to assist poor people with some members of the African
who live in poor remote community in Toronto, Canada.
communities in eastern
Nigeria.
Recent Awards &
Recognition
• Innovative Project Prize from African
Development Bank 2004.
• Most Creative Idea Award from the World Bank
Development Marketplace 2005.
• Recognition Award from the World Bank
Development Marketplace 2005 and 2006.
• World Bank Development Marketplace
Winner/Grant Award 2006.
• Business in Development (BID) Challenge Award
2006.
• Tech Museum Laureate 2006 Award to RAWDP
Founder.
Our Foreign
Partners/Supporters
• The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation
(CAWST)
– Calgary, Canada
• Broad African Resource Centre
– Toronto, Canada
• The Gender and Water Alliance
– Netherlands
• Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)
– Stanford University and the University at Buffalo
• The Water, Environment Development Centre
– Loughborough University, UK.
• The African Development Bank (AfDB).
• The World Bank
Local Partners
• The Imo State – Nigeria Ministry of
Public Utilities and Rural
Development.
• Rotary, Rotaract and Leo Clubs in
Eastern Nigeria (District 9140).
• Imo State Water Development
Agency (IWADA) Owerri.
• Ten Local Councils in the Niger Delta.
Desired Support:
• We need your support in this project
as:
– Volunteers
– Benefactors
– Donors.
• Nothing, I mean nothing is too
meager for us.
Questions & Contact
• Thank you!