ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS OF SAFE WATER ACCESSIBILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Poor access to safe water has aggravated socio-economic, psychological and health problems in human societies; it has resulted in stress, perturbation, sicknesses and death across times and regions of the world. This work reviews the factors of safe water accessibility in human society and exposes unacknowledged natural and anthropogenic factors of water accessibility. It concludes that the principal factor of water accessibility is value. Safe water is not accessible in many places despite its essentialness because it’s not valued enough at the levels of leadership as it’s expected. Consequently, the work recommends that commensurate values should be accorded safe water provision and adequate payment of all forms of ‘prices’ to ensure sustainable provision of safe water in human societies. The work will be of immense benefits to policy makers, international organizations, urban planners and the general public.