ABSTRACT
Urban population is rapidly increasing in Ilorin along with attendant increased water demand. The inadequacies of water supply services has forced the populace to depend on dug wells, boreholes, water tankers, street vendors etc. for their water needs. People spend hour’s daily carrying jerry can all around to collect and queue for water at the public water tap with high opportunity cost of time and intense economic wastage. This study assess the sustainability of an urban water supply services in Ilorin metropolis, the factors that has affected delivery of services and estimate the household willingness to pay for improved service delivery.Household structured questionnaire was designed to collect data on household water used patterns and their willingness to pay for improved service delivery. Contingent Valuation Method was used to place value on water supply services using the Double Bounded Dichotomous Choice willingness to pay elicitation techniques. A data base was created using Microsoft Excel and Stata 12 Software to model and evaluate the variables that affect household willingness to pay. The results of the study reveal that about 92% of the total households surveyed were connected to the Government water supply out of which 87%reported that they were not satisfied with the existing services. The results furthered revealed that respondents are willing to pay ₦2500 monthly to enjoy sustainable water supply service delivery.
