whose fault? ...ask our politicians that collected millions or sorry, billions of constituency water-bolehole projects fund

on behalf of the people but swallow everything to puff-up their thieving belly...

leaving the masses who voted for them to drink from the rivers and gutters...

one day, nemesis will catch up with them and the people will be the one to smile last..

Abuja has a sewage system and a treatment plant in wupa

Adieza:


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Brilliant

I quite agree with you but on the contrary, when water percolate filtration occurs and research have shown that slow sand filtration have been able to naturally deal with impurities even bacteria, i believe many of those who suffer much are those who do not get to the proper aquifer and do not treat after

Op i don't agree with u at all. The depth at which borehole are dug. I doubt if any microorganism found in sewage would b able to survive. If u say flowing underground water like wells i accept. That's y poor men suffer more water borne diseases

jboy73:
What's this one saying?
Is it your poo?
Common

No ki me abeg.

Sad truth. All sanitary landfills/"suck aways" should be sealed on all sides but we all know that ain't happening. The only reason i see for most people not being sick yet has to be the role of extreme temperatures found as you move down the earth(temp gradient) and a few boreholes that have their water treated.

keypad1:
Brown roof dwellers r very dirty people.

you people should stop making me laugh biko.
Where's this you comment comming from.

so what should we now do bout it op
what's the solution?

so what should we now do bout it op
what's the solution?

Comments here make me laugh so hard. Maybe because I'm sick and everything seems hilarious.

The law says a distance of minimum of 50ft between septic tank and source of drinking water be maintained

United Nations promised us water by 1990 (according to Fela Anikulapo Kuti), pls remind me when it is 1990 so that I can take UN to task.

Rubbish post..... If na so why we Neva die.. Ure talking bout bore hole well nko...u beta do correct research before posting shit....how many of the microorganisms will make it at that dept

ayourbamie:
Sucker way or soak away?

It's actually SOAK AWAY.

Tolexander:
The OP doesn't seem to know that the soil is a good filter of water going into the aquifer.

Moreover, some of these microorganisms cant survive the condition in the soil.

You wrong. Where did you get your theory from. The op is right. Do you want to go collect the waters from the borehole and see dangerous micro organisms and particles in it?

Adieza:


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who is this illiterate

the ground (soil to simplifier it for your small brain) is the perfect filter. your shiit no dey go directly to the ground water and the ground is divided by what we called fault.

so it is advisable to give about 10-50meters gap to your source of water from the soak way when planning your House

Tolexander:
The OP doesn't seem to know that the soil is a good filter of water going into the aquifer.

Moreover, some of these microorganisms cant survive the condition in the soil.

more like biodegradable substances.

Because of poor planning regulations and ignorance on the part of home owners such problems indeed do exist. The general word of advice in develpoing new properties in virgin areas is in two parts:

One, wait till everyone else around (plots besides and behind) have sunk their water well (borehole) then just go fifty feet deeper to guarantee better filtration.
Second, wait till everyone else has built their septic tanks and soak pits then locate your water well at least 30 feet from the nearest one even if over the fence; because once you've done yours your neighbours are under no obligation to move their plans for waste dump from near your well. You will need their goodwill and grace to do that in this lawless society of ours.

But if you cannot wait for them to settle in or cannot ascertain where their waste infrastructure is located the second train of wisdom says locate your well just inside the front facing/road leaning fence line somewhere at the midpoint of the plot. Then you can be sure the half width of your plot is the minimum distance to any existing, potential and future planned cesspit. Afterall no one will dig one right in the middle of the street and your fence should protect it from flood invasion.

However if you are still skeptical you might as well pre plan to have it sunk right in the middle of your building and have a service chamber built around and above it. That is the ultimate guarantee against bio-invasion.

Adieza:


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A country that waits on Goɗ to ɗo everything gets everything from Goɗ...OP...

Tolexander:
The OP doesn't seem to know that the soil is a good filter of water going into the aquifer.

Moreover, some of these microorganisms cant survive the condition in the soil.

thank u

fatherdfd:
Op i don't agree with u at all. The depth at which borehole are dug. I doubt if any microorganism found in sewage would b able to survive. If u say flowing underground water like wells i accept. That's y poor men suffer more water borne diseases

The water coming from borehole, was it purified b4 going to houses?
Do u think the Advanced countries are stupid when they purified their water and monitor it constantly?

U go soon die
Better go load 50 litres drink
Or aday 1st timer
Enter swimming pool
Just 5 feet
And drown a bit
So u can drink enuf pool water
I pray make u nor drink water na just God

HMZi:
Thats why i dont drink water

belindar:


You wrong. Where did you get your theory from. The op is right. Do you want to go collect the waters from the borehole and see dangerous micro organisms and particles in it?

Your proof?

LogicStatement:

Do not totally despise what the op has posted, he still have some valid points. The question is how deep is the boreholes that are being dug in Nigeria? I happened to witness the digging of a borehole in an area in Lagos where houses are closely built without allowances or space and no cross ventilation and the suckway of one building is not far to another building's borehole. The dept of this borehole is not deep enough, in fact, what can best be described as a well is often called borehole.
Another thing I noticed is that, when they dig borehole in most places in Nigeria like Lagos, they often consider the location of the building's suck away without considering the location of their neighbour's suck away therefore, you see that contaminants from the neighbour's suck away can easily percolate through ground water into their borehole water. This calls for public health concern

it's 'soak-away', not suckway! @OP too.

Tolexander:
The OP doesn't seem to know that the soil is a good filter of water going into the aquifer.

Moreover, some of these microorganisms cant survive the condition in the soil.

Thank you! The soil is a good filter. Even when running filter tanks system you will make use of different types of sand in different layers. Though water on island is not drinkable without treatment. We all can understand why it is like that because most parts are sandfill. No rich man on island drinks raw water except it is well treated. Some even go the length of installing reverse osmosis.

Nigeria is a country that soldiers on blind. Nothing is rationally thought out,NOTHING,whatsoever.

My brother please don't say what you don't know. Abuja has a functional sewage drainage system within the city centre. Ask around.

The Op has a point just that his post is too shallow. He should have also talked about chemical pollution.

The bacteria pollution of groundwater is easily avoided if some conditions are met:

1. A very well dug borehole: That is ensuring that the presence of an artesian aquifer before installation. for instance if the borehole was obtained from a fresh basement (ignesous rock) aquifer or a sandstone layer sandwiched between thick layers of shale.

2. Proper distance of separation from sewage disposal sites.

3. proper installation to block of entrance of surface water.

sadly these conditions are hardly met as geologists are becoming corrupted as their politician clients. irony of life.

Nice one OP...groundwater pollution has actually been a serious cause of concern, most especially when the so called soak away are not properly designed which causes each seepage, and also the more reasons why boreholes of such should be situated in farther distances frm industrial areas or landfill sites.

Abuja has a central purification system somewhere around Idu.

My brother we dey drink anything drinkable jux leave d story for tomorrow.

hmmm

HMZi:
Thats why i dont drink water