Abstract: This paper highlighted the incidences of domestic water stress in Lamza Tudu, Lamza Kaza and Gunda communities of Guyuk local government area of Adamawa State with a view to examine the effects of this phenomenon on the health condition of the people in the area. The communities were purposively selected and the respondents within selected households were randomly chosen. A total of 88 respondents, one each from the households provided the required information for the research. Results indicated that 90.9% of the households in the selected communities are water-stressed at domestic level and only 9.1% are not water-stressed. The correlation between domestic water stress and health results also shows a moderate negative relationship at r = -0.508 which is significant at p<0.000<p<0.05. With this scenario therefore, there is need to provide a sustainable measure to tackle water stress in the affected communities. Rainwater harvesting strategy should be designed for each household to capture water, store and treat for household use. This planning strategy will involve rainfall studies, households’ water requirement and consumption so as to determine the size of tanks that will be appropriate for each household to store water for use especially during the dry season when the water stress worsens in the area.
Keywords: Domestic Water Stress, Health, Effects, Communities.
Title: Domestic Water Stress and its Effects on Health in Selected Communities in Guyuk Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria
Author: Phanuel B. Joshua, John O. Odihi, George G. Glanda, Felix A. Ilesanmi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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