DIFFICULT ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER IN PRECARIOUS NEIGHBOURHOODS IN THE COMMUNE OF YOPOUGON : STRATEGIES AND ADAPTATION OF HOUSEHOLDS IN GBINTA

Gbinta is a neighbourhood in the commune of Yopougon where households are repeatedly confronted with the problem of drinking water. The objective of this study is to highlight the coping strategies of households to obtain drinking water. The methodological approach adopted to achieve this consists of desk research, interviews and a field survey. In the absence of a database, the principle of information saturation, a non-probabilistic method by Pires (1997), was used to constitute the sample. This methodological approach made it possible to collect information, the processing of which led to the following results. A population dominated by informal workers (51%). According to 77.5% of the households surveyed, this population obtains its drinking water informally because of the very high cost of connection to the SODECI network, according to 61% of households. Finally, 72% of households said that they were not at all satisfied with their drinking water supply system because of the poor quality of the service.