This research is aimed at giving the courses of the operational and management problems of rural water supply programme in Nigeria, with a case study of Enugu State Corporation Enugu.

To guide the study, five research questions were formulated and tested with percentages and ranking based on the findings, some major findings include; that the ENSWC have inadequate as well as unsuitable materials and human resources for changes in the rural water supply programme in Enugu.

Consequently, it is found that operational and management problems of rural water supply in Nigeria, had adversely affected the functionality of the rural water supply.

Finally it is found that frequent changes in government and leadership of the country had adversely affected the management of Enugu State Water Corporation.

Based on the above findings some major recommendations were made for effective implementations.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of content

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction

1.1 General background to the subject matter

1.2 Problems associated with the subject matter

1.3 Problems that the study will be concerned with

1.4 The importance of studying the area

1.5 Definition of important terms

1.6 Reference

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 The origin of the subject area

2.2 Schools of though within the subject area

2.3 The school of though relevant to the problem of study

2.4 Different methods of studying the problem

2.5 Summary

2.6 Reference

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 Conclusion

3.1 Data presentation (highlights of the study)

3.2 Analysis of the data

3.3 Recommendation

3.4 Conclusion

3.5 Reference

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND TO THE SUBJECT MATTER

Nigeria is blessed by nature with a lot of natural resources amongst which, water is one of them. WHO (1976) confirmed that Nigeria was blessed with abundant water resources, the excess of which has been floods and erosion in many parts of the country. However, the distribution of this water resources was not evenly spread over the country. Life and other agricultural activities every year irrespective the drought that frequently occur in the northern part of the country of course man had been obtaining water for domestic and other purposes since man’s creation.

Water supply can therefore be said to be as old as man itself. Inspite of the availability of this water resources, WHO (1976) maintained that its supply to be majority of the population especially the rural area is every much inadequate.

Ilo (1993), affirmed that whenever a communally rural or urban exists, that these is already a supply of some sort, otherwise, there would not bare been people residing. He noted that rural water supply covers a wide category of schemes. Anambra state of Nigeria Edict No. (1978) simply defines rural water supply as a wide category of schemes ranging from a well width buckets supplying water to a few isolated huts to river pumping schemes from such or simple treatment as communal stand pipes to tap in individuals homes and provisions for livestock and vegetable garden Ilo (1973) however stated that various traditional means of obtaining water has been developed by individuals and communities for many centuries and that some of these systems were very much in use by various communities both rural and urban, in Anambra State and indeed, Nigeria he however maintained that the rural water supply may be inadequate in quantity. Dangerous to health, inconvenient and unreliable but basically “water is there and is being used”

The United Nations Economic Commission for African (1973) confirmed that it was only about 20% of the populations of Nigeria that have access to potable water supply. It further stated that have access to people are those that are living in the urban and semi-urban areas of the country and that even the privilege places that have access to such facilities were not being served sufficiently. This is the need for the provision of adequate water supply and sanitation is highly appreciated. And this has promoted the choice of the topi