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Such a structure is also called a dead well, absorbing well, or negative well, and in the United Kingdom a soakaway or soakage pit, [1] and in Australia a soakwell or soak pit. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Design
Groundwater in Nigeria is widely used for domestic, agricultural, and industrial supplies. The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation estimate that in 2018 60% of the total population were dependent on groundwater point sources for their main drinking water source: 73% in rural areas and 45% in urban areas. [ 1 ]
The Asejire Reservoir is in Oyo State in the south west of Nigeria on the Osun River, about 30 kilometers east of Ibadan.The reservoir was built in the late 1960s. Farming is totally banned in the catchment area, and trees have been planted on the banks, so erosion and silting are not issues.
A percolation test (colloquially called a perc test) is a test to determine the water absorption rate of soil (that is, its capacity for percolation) in preparation for the building of a septic drain field (leach field) or infiltration basin. [1] The results of a percolation test are required to design a septic system properly.
This table ranks Nigeria's 36 states in order of their surface areas. Rank State km² 1 Niger State: 74,363 2 Borno State: 70,898 3 Taraba State: 54,473 4 Kaduna State:
Responsibility of water supply in Nigeria is shared between three (3) levels of government – federal, state and local. The federal government is in charge of water resources management ; state governments have the primary responsibility for urban water supply; and local governments together with communities are responsible for rural water supply.
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Kainji Dam. Kainji Dam is a dam across the Niger River in Niger State of Central Nigeria. [1] Construction of the dam by Impregilo (a consortium of Italian civil engineering contractors) began in 1964 and was completed in 1968. [2]