Lagos records huge shortfall of water

Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC) on Sunday said it has recorded shortfall of about 300 million gallons of water per day in the state, leading to shortage in some areas.

Its Group Managing Director (GMD), Engr. Shayo Holloway, made this known in an interview with NAN in Lagos. He stated that the deficit is the high population in the state with an average of five per cent estimated growth rate yearly.

“The total demand for water is 540 million gallons per day. The corporation has capacity of 210 million gallons per day leaving a deficit of 300 million gallons.

“The corporation is, however, working toward meeting the demands for water in the state,” he said.

Holloway said that the state had started working on a road map to meet the water demands of Lagos residents.

He said that work had commenced on the Adiyan Phase II Waterworks Project which would be completed in 2016. “The Adiyan project will add 70 million gallons of water per day to the existing 210 million gallons,” Holloway said.

He said that the corporation also had a design for water works project in Badagry.

The GMD said that the Badagry Water works project would be constructed by a private firm through Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

Holloway said that the corporation had started discussions with an investor to develop the project which would produce 200 million gallons of water per day.