TITLE:
Assessment of Domestic Wastewater Management Practices in the Communal District I of Maradi City, Niger Republic
AUTHORS:
Ousmane Laminou Manzo, Hassidou Saidou, Salamatou Abdourahamane Illiassou, Saoudé Tidjani Idrissa
KEYWORDS:
Domestic Wastewater, Sanitation, Communal District I of Maradi, Management Practices
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.3 No.8,
October
20,
2015
ABSTRACT: Wastewater
treatment is a problem with much acuity in the city of Maradi in general, and
particularly in the Communal District I of Maradi. It is for this reason that
the present study was conducted which deals with wastewater sanitation. The
main objective of this study conducted through a survey is to investigate in
the domestic wastewater sanitation in the Communal District I of Maradi city.
Specifically, the study aims to estimate the amount of wastewater produced by
households and to analyze the sanitation system at household and at district
levels. The wastewater management practices in this district were assessed
through a descriptive cross sectional study in which a total of 129 households
were selected by sample distribution technique in the district neighborhoods
and studied using interviewer and administered questionnaires at communal and
household levels. The results of the study showed that the amount of domestic
wastewater generated is quite large, about 32.27 m3 per person per
day, and this comes from several sources including showers, laundry,
dishwashing and income generating activities. The results also revealed that
the unhealthy state of the Communal District I of Maradi is related to the
absence of a wastewater treatment system, the methods and practices used in its
management, and the population is also largely responsible for this unhealthy
state and not willing to participate to a sanitation project.