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Item OPENING UP THE RURAL AREAS IN KWARA STATE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF WATER RESOURCES(Department of Geography and Planning, Kogi State University, Anyigba, 2007) Oyegun, R.O.; Jimoh, H.I.; Kayode Ademola, IroyeMany of the states in Nigeria have the provision of portable water supply for the people high on their priority list agenda. There are however quite a number of options to doing this particularly in rural areas. This paper examined the various options in Kwara State based on the physical resources available and the subsequent analysis shows that the state has enough water to open up the rural areas, not only for domestic purpose but also for industrial development too. Further, it was equally observed that the major hindrance to achieving this goal bothers largely on government commitments, finance and management.Item RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION OF A REGIONAL WATER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN A TROPICAL RURAL SETTLEMENT OF KWARA STATE, NIGERIA(Association of Nigerian Geographers, 2014) Kayode Ademola, Iroye; Jimoh, H.I.This paper investigates the level of silts and sediments deposited in Oyun dam; a regional water supply project designed to serve seven communities in Kwara State of Nigeria. The dam was commissioned in 1967 with initial height of 7 meters was later raised to 9.8 meters in 1988 so as to meet the increasing water need of the region. Data used was generated from simple land survey technique which entails the imposition of 45 grids of 40m x 40m on the lake. In each grid, depth of the lake was measured and this data helped in estimating the current capacity of the lake. The result of sediments obtained showed that Oyun reservoir currently has a mean depth of 4.33 meters which indicates a loss of about 5.47 meters depth to sedimentation in filling. This figure represents about 55.8 percent loss in storage capacity of the lake. Likely reasons for high sediment level in the reservoir were examined while recommendations that can be used in abating the high sedimentation rate of the reservoir were also suggested .