Sustainable Water Management Solutions for Large Cities (Proceedings of symposium S2 held during the Seventh IAHS Scientific Assembly at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, April 2005). IAHS Publ. 293, 2005, 83-89

Abstract This paper examines the twin challenges of water supply and drainage as part of the integrated water management in the City of Lagos. Water in adequate quantity and suitable quality is a pre-requisite for maintaining life and economic activity in the metropolis, and it serves as the vehicle for drainage of both human and other wastes. The paper discusses the inadequacy of water supply level and coverage as well as that of the drainage systems, and proposes a strategy for improving the services in order to make the city liveable now and in the coming decades.

Key words demand management; drainage; flooding; Lagos, Nigeria; water supply