User:ETAPx/Water scarcity in Africa

== Country or city examples ==

Nigeria
"Nigeria is the most populated black nation in the world with about 199 million people" yet over 86% of Nigerians don't have access to a safe source of drinking water. UNICEF reports that over half of the basic water services that about 70% of Nigerians have access to are contaminated.

Lack of infrastructure throughout Nigeria prevents most communities from having "pipe-borne water" and "only nine litres of water on average is available to a Nigerian daily" Because of this, many Nigerians depend on commercially available water such as sachet water or bottled water.



Polluted and contaminated groundwater supplies contribute to water scarcity in Nigeria. Some major categories of pollutants include fertilizer and agricultural runoff, poor sewage management systems, industrial waste, oil and gas contaminants, mineral mining by-products, and abattoir effluent.