2003/01/01 by Ayodeji Olukoju · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Water Governance and Infrastructure
paper · doi:10.4000/books.ifra.830
openalex publication_date 2003/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Developments Up To The Inauguration Of The Iju Waterworks The supply of potable water, like electricity, was an issue of great concern in nineteenth-century Lagos. Throughout that century, the inhabitants of the city depended upon spring and well water. Many Lagosians, as well as crews of passing ships, relied on spring water on the mainland. Sir John Glover, an early colonial governor of Lagos, introduced public wells to the city, but the quality of water from such wells was variable. Accord...