Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, Nigeria
Car wash can be defined as a facility used to clean the exterior and in some cases, the interior of motor vehicles. These facilities are common in Bauchi and other cities in Nigeria. They use water as a major input thereby causing serious challenges to water resources management. Car wash facilitie...
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Car wash can be defined as a facility used to clean the exterior and in some cases, the interior of motor vehicles. These facilities are common in Bauchi and other cities in Nigeria. They use water as a major input thereby causing serious challenges to water resources management. Car wash facilities in Bauchi depend on municipal water supply by water board. The study aimed at determining the rate of municipal water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi. It was carried out by measuring the volume of water used in washing cars by some selected car wash facilities in the town using both bucket and hose methods. The data collected were analysed using statistical method such as random sampling techniques and simple descriptive method like Tables, Figures and mean. The result shows that 1,710,091.2L is withdrawn daily from the municipal water supply by car wash facilities. This is more than the quantity of water serving zone ‘L’ of the 16-zones of Bauchi Water Demand Zones. It also shows that the use of hose consume 441.2L/day and the use of bucket consume 115.5L/day which indicate that more water is wasted using hose method. Therefore, car wash facilities consume significant amount of water supplied by the Water Board. If the current trend continues and with the proliferation of car wash in Bauchi, there will be water shortage to the populace who are the primary beneficiaries.
Keywords: car wash, Bauchi, input,Water Board, consumption, volume
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| spelling | doaj.art-34162dd6c234473ba0d5912b6234e1382024-04-02T19:52:55ZengJoint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management2659-15022659-14992016-07-0120210.4314/jasem.v20i2.18Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, NigeriaSylvester OdianaMonday OnojaErnest Ebun-Igbeare Car wash can be defined as a facility used to clean the exterior and in some cases, the interior of motor vehicles. These facilities are common in Bauchi and other cities in Nigeria. They use water as a major input thereby causing serious challenges to water resources management. Car wash facilities in Bauchi depend on municipal water supply by water board. The study aimed at determining the rate of municipal water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi. It was carried out by measuring the volume of water used in washing cars by some selected car wash facilities in the town using both bucket and hose methods. The data collected were analysed using statistical method such as random sampling techniques and simple descriptive method like Tables, Figures and mean. The result shows that 1,710,091.2L is withdrawn daily from the municipal water supply by car wash facilities. This is more than the quantity of water serving zone ‘L’ of the 16-zones of Bauchi Water Demand Zones. It also shows that the use of hose consume 441.2L/day and the use of bucket consume 115.5L/day which indicate that more water is wasted using hose method. Therefore, car wash facilities consume significant amount of water supplied by the Water Board. If the current trend continues and with the proliferation of car wash in Bauchi, there will be water shortage to the populace who are the primary beneficiaries. Keywords: car wash, Bauchi, input,Water Board, consumption, volume https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/140417car washBauchiinputWater Boardconsumptionvolume |
| spellingShingle | Sylvester Odiana Monday Onoja Ernest Ebun-Igbeare Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, Nigeria Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management car wash Bauchi input Water Board consumption volume |
| title | Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, Nigeria |
| title_full | Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, Nigeria |
| title_short | Municipal water resources management: evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in Bauchi Town, Nigeria |
| title_sort | municipal water resources management evaluation of water consumption by car wash facilities in bauchi town nigeria |
| topic | car wash Bauchi input Water Board consumption volume |
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