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Water Corporation disconnects public taps
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The Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC) is disconnecting public taps in the metropolis. This ultimately putting a stop to the public taps system which hitherto gave ordinary man access to safe drinking water in areas available.
The corporation is taking this step just as it is concluding arrangements to introduce pre-paid metering system in six highbrow areas of the Lagos metropolis.
The public taps before now had been visible in areas like Lagos Island, Ajegunle, Bariga, and Lagos Mainland. It is still currently available in Ikotun and Egbeda in Alimosho Local Government as well as some parts of Ojo, particularly around Agric, where the state government last year commissioned a mini water work.
Yomi Ijaiya, acting general manager in charge of distribution (north), LSWC, told City Scope that the decision was informed by the need to arrest reckless wastage of water by members of the public.
According to him, it has also been discovered that water vendors connect to such taps and repackage for sale to the public, water obtained free of charge, a situation he described as unacceptable.
"Water is no longer a social service. It costs the government a lot of money to produce it, so people must pay for it," he said, adding that the corporation was moving away from supply through public taps to an era of direct supply to individual homes.
He believed the system being faced out, represented an underdeveloped arrangement and presented a lot of challenges, including the risk of children crossing the roads to access the taps.
With the new arrangement of bringing the essential commodity into the comfort of individual homes, the risk of being knocked down by vehicles among other challenges will be eliminated.
Meanwhile, the water corporation is concluding arrangements to introduce the pre-paid metering system in six highbrow areas of the state. The areas include Ikoy, Victoria, Surelere, Ogudu, Ikeja and Apapa.
Group managing director of the corporation, Shayo Holloway, said the pre-paid metering would eliminate wastage and address the complaints of "crazy" billings by consumers.
Though it is starting with the six identified areas this year, it will eventually circulate to cover the entire metropolis.
The corporation is taking this step just as it is concluding arrangements to introduce pre-paid metering system in six highbrow areas of the Lagos metropolis.
The public taps before now had been visible in areas like Lagos Island, Ajegunle, Bariga, and Lagos Mainland. It is still currently available in Ikotun and Egbeda in Alimosho Local Government as well as some parts of Ojo, particularly around Agric, where the state government last year commissioned a mini water work.
Yomi Ijaiya, acting general manager in charge of distribution (north), LSWC, told City Scope that the decision was informed by the need to arrest reckless wastage of water by members of the public.
According to him, it has also been discovered that water vendors connect to such taps and repackage for sale to the public, water obtained free of charge, a situation he described as unacceptable.
"Water is no longer a social service. It costs the government a lot of money to produce it, so people must pay for it," he said, adding that the corporation was moving away from supply through public taps to an era of direct supply to individual homes.
He believed the system being faced out, represented an underdeveloped arrangement and presented a lot of challenges, including the risk of children crossing the roads to access the taps.
With the new arrangement of bringing the essential commodity into the comfort of individual homes, the risk of being knocked down by vehicles among other challenges will be eliminated.
Meanwhile, the water corporation is concluding arrangements to introduce the pre-paid metering system in six highbrow areas of the state. The areas include Ikoy, Victoria, Surelere, Ogudu, Ikeja and Apapa.
Group managing director of the corporation, Shayo Holloway, said the pre-paid metering would eliminate wastage and address the complaints of "crazy" billings by consumers.
Though it is starting with the six identified areas this year, it will eventually circulate to cover the entire metropolis.
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