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LASG Begins Regulations Of Borehole Drilling
The Lagos State Government has commenced the regulation of access to underground water in the state as part of efforts to manage groundwater and prevent pollution.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Executive Secretary, Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission, Mrs Funke Adepoju, stated this on Tuesday during the presentation of the hydro geological data inventory report of the state in Alausa, Ikeja.
She said, “One of the core functions of LASWARCO under the Lagos State Environmental Protection Law (2017) is to regulate and approve groundwater abstraction, consumption, supply and distribution in ensuring groundwater resources management and sustainability.
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She said, “One of the core functions of LASWARCO under the Lagos State Environmental Protection Law (2017) is to regulate and approve groundwater abstraction, consumption, supply and distribution in ensuring groundwater resources management and sustainability.
“If not regulated, as a precious common resource, groundwater as an alternative source of fresh water is under threat of geo-hazards as a result of lack of scientific data for proper management of the resources, over-abstraction, climate change and possibly, pollution. The government has found it necessary to commence in earnest regulations of borehole drilling, groundwater abstraction, consumption, supply, and distribution, for robust groundwater resources management and sustainability.”
The Technical Head, Hydrated Geo Consulting Services, Dr Akomeno Oteri, in his presentation, noted that it was important to follow global standard regulations of getting approval and licence for not just digging boreholes, but also the volume of water that could be abstracted from these sources.
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The Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Dr Tajudeen Gaji, called for regulation of sand mining which he said had negative environmental effects.
“Don’t go and sand mine or sand-fill, because this block the fresh water,” he said.
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