Eze Nnamdi, a 33-year old treks for about 25 minutes as early as 5:00 a.m. to fetch water from Imiri-ani local stream. The stream is situated at the back of Chinatown building, Independence Layout area of Enugu State, very close to a dumpsite. He can’t afford to buy distributed water from the suppliers, so this is his only option.
He uses the water to cook, bathe and wash clothes. However, he said that some households drink the water after boiling it.
Indiscriminate waste surrounds the Imiri Ani stream where people fetch to cook, bathe and wash.

“We dey dry season and rain no dey fall, only from rain season we dey get water in abundance,” he said. Mr Nnamdi who has two children and his wife is pregnant with their third, buys pure water to drink because they can’t afford to buy supplied water sold between N5,000 to N20,000 every month.

Nnamdi is a case study of how water scarcity affects communities in Enugu and how they depend on any kind of water irrespective of the source or state.

Emmanuel Chigozie, like Nnamdi, endures long treks to get his water from the stream to bathe and do house chores before going to work as a security officer because he doesn’t have the money to buy water from suppliers. “We dey buy pure water to drink but it’s just that we need this water to cook, bathe and wash because we don’t pay for it” says Emmanuel.
Imiri-Ani, which means “water from the ground”, is many resident’s sole water source, they wash clothes, children swim, and residents take the same water home for cooking, bathing and sometimes to drink.

Aside from being a dumpsite, residents also defecate around the bank of the stream, making the place messy and smelly, an environment that is recipe for the easy spread of many diseases.

Independence Layout is one of the worst-hit communities where residents experience acute water shortage. Others within the same area are community layout in Transekulu, Achara Layout and Emene.
‘ Ugbo-Ogrugru’ stream is the Unsafe Water Source for Residents of New Heaven, Enugu State.

Residents of Umuezebi, New Heaven, in Enugu town fetch water from ‘Ugbo-Ogrugru’ stream. Close to a dumpsite and unclean even to the ordinary eye, residents told Dataphyte that they do not have enough money to buy water from the suppliers, and they have to resort to surviving with what is available.

A caterer, Ifeoma Orua, born in the community, said people trek from far distances to fetch water from their stream because they have two. She said the residents rely on rain to get surplus water, but they scoop water from the ground in the dry season.

https://www.dataphyte.com/latest-reports/water/in-enugu-water-scarcity-force-residents-to-depend-on-polluted-water-sources/?amp_markup=1


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Flathead8:
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Does Enugu state not have leaders

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cindicandy:
Enukin have you seen why Enugu state is cursed, no wonder your parents ran to Nnewi to live

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Wawa people defecating in their water. Tuifia

Op is a jobless and frustrated guy. Where are they defecating. Do you think being on nairaland 247 will put food on your table?