According to the United Nations, the world has met the Millennium Development Goal target
of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water. However, global …

Water is at the center of the plant and animal life, the foundation upon which the health of
human settlement and development of civilizations rely on. In tropical regions, 80% of …

Billions of people globally gained access to improved drinking water sources and sanitation
in the last decades, following effort towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals …

The equitable and universal provision of safe and affordable water is one of the Sustainable
Development Goals, but progress has been slow, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This …

Urban‐rural inequalities in water access constitute one of the major obstacles to achieving
universal water coverage. In Sub‐Saharan Africa, these inequalities have persisted for …

In Nigeria, the rural population comprises 49% of the total population and has been reported
to bear the brunt of ongoing water access challenges. For communities to have access to …

The realization of the scale, magnitude, and complexity of the water and sanitation problem
at the global level has compelled international agencies and national governments to …

The United Nations has declared 2005–2015 the Fresh Water Decade in which more people
than ever before will gain access to water. Despite acknowledging that water quantity is …

Far too many people in urban Ghana live without access to safe drinking water and this is a
primary determinant of continuing poverty. Using questionnaire survey and key informant …

Water access is generally measured by the distance to a source of water. This concept of
access overlooks important issues such as the reliability, quality, quantity, and cost of water …