CLEAN WATER AS AN AGENT FOR SOCIO – ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY. A CASE STUDY OF NORTH – EAST PART OF NIGERIA.

Hayatu Abba Ibrahim

Department of Physics

University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

Email: hayatuabbaibrahim5@gmail.com 

Abstract: In this research, a device is suggested to be use in the north – east part of Nigeria, which is a passive wick tilted single slope solar still which can produce high yield of distillate through the process of distillation .As the region is in the sahel arid zone and it get enough sunshine especially in summer. Right now, the region is destabilize through insurgency of boko haram , as such clean water is a big problem for the community residing in this region .Even in the urban and rural areas people hardly get clean water. Example in Maiduguri a capital city of Borno many internally displaced people are camped at various location within the city called IDP’S camps. While if you move out from the city you reach to the rural communities where the same problem of clean water arises as they hardly get clean water even if the get the water from surface water it is contaminated water. So the need, to get clean water is necessary for every community.

Keywords: Clean Water, Wick – Tilted Solar Still, Water, Environment and Economy.