Before the EU and UNICEF came to their rescue, the people had no access to safe drinking water.
Like Nsit Atai, many parts of Nigeria do not have access to potable water, with rural dwellers suffering the most.
Provision of potable water supply was one of the various interventions in Nsit Atai by UNICEF under its WASH programme.
Children of Ikot Nkpenne community, in Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, fetching water from the borehole constructed by UNICEF and EU The scheme is aimed at improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene in Nigeria – especially in the rural areas.
"I fetched water from the stream four times before going to school.
This only means that I had to go to the stream to fill all the buckets in the house."
Uwemedimo Davis, the deputy village head of Onong Uwana in Nsit Atai, said the provision of a borehole for the community has reduced deaths and illnesses among children.
This is the first time we will have pipe-borne water in this community," he said.
"We are very happy that WASH has come through EU and UNICEF to provide us with this water.
In Nigeria alone, 130 million people use unimproved sanitation facilities, and as expected more than half of them live in rural areas.

(CNN)Water drawn from wells at a hazardous waste site in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico meets federal drinking water standards and is fit for consumption, the US Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release on Tuesday.
The water being pulled from wells at the Dorado Groundwater Contamination Site, which is part of the Superfund program for hazardous waste cleanup, meets federal drinking water standards for certain industrial chemicals, as well as for bacteria, Elias Rodriguez, an EPA spokesman, told CNN.
"Sampling at the site has found chemical contamination that is impacting wells used to supply drinking water to the local communities," the agency said at the time.
To the surprise of some people at the EPA, Rodriguez said, some of the wells located on the Superfund site actually were collecting water from an aqueduct system that is not sourced from groundwater at the contaminated site.
The EPA did find between about 1 and 1.5 micrograms per liter of tetrachloroethylene, a chemical linked to risk of cancer, in water sampled from the Santa Rosa well.
More tests are forthcoming, Rodriguez said, but the test results released on Tuesday covered the chemicals of concern at the Superfund site, as well as bacteria that tend to cause illness following hurricanes and floods, he said.
On October 19, CNN published the results of those university water tests, which also found the water to meet safe drinking water standards for certain industrial chemicals.
"I would drink" the water based on those test results, Professor Marc Edwards said at the time.
The wells that do contain a mix of water from wells on the hazardous waste site are located away from an area that is thought to have more-problematic levels of chemical contamination, he said.
That distance is not especially comforting given the karst geology of the area, which allows contaminants to move more rapidly than through some other soil types, said Olson, from NRDC.

ISLAMABAD: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson, on Tuesday, opened a facility in Bullay Bala, Punjab which would provide the community with clean drinking water and improved sanitation services.
The clean drinking water supply and wastewater collection and treatment facility was funded by the Australian Government and implemented by Plan International.
High Commissioner Adamson said the Australian Government was pleased to support the development of the facility under the Australian Civil Society Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Fund.
The project worked with Bullay Bala community and local government departments to promote improved water, sanitation and hygiene practices and also to improve access to sanitation.
“Access to clean drinking water, sanitation facilities and better hygiene plays a pivotal role in the health and economy of a community,” Ms Adamson said.
Ms Adamson visited a girls’ high school in Roopwal where washrooms have been installed alongside an interactive display promoting improved water, sanitation and hygiene practices.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 50 per cent of malnutrition is associated with infections caused by poor water, sanitation and hygiene practices.
“Supporting nutrition in Pakistan is a priority for the Australian Government and it aims to achieve that by supporting provincial governments to improve nutrition-related services,” Ms Adamson said.
The Civil Society WASH Fund supports 13 civil society organisations to deliver programs in the Pacific, Asia and Africa.
Published in Daily Times, November 1st 2017.

Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Margaret Adamson today opened a facility in Bullay Bala, Punjab which will provide the community with clean drinking water and improved sanitation services.
The clean drinking water supply and wastewater collection and treatment facility was funded by the Australian Government and implemented by Plan International.
High Commissioner Adamson said the Australian Government was pleased to support development of the facility under the Australian Civil Society Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Fund.
The project worked with Bullay Bala community and local government departments to promote improved water, sanitation and hygiene behavior and improve access to sanitation.
“Access to clean drinking water , sanitation facilities and better hygiene plays a pivotal role in the health and economy of a community,” Ms Adamson said.
Ms Adamson visited a girl’s high school in Roopwal where washrooms have been installed alongside an interactive display promoting improved water, sanitation and hygiene practices.
According to the World Health Organisation, 50 percent of undernutrition is associated with infections caused by poor water, sanitation and hygiene practices.
“Supporting nutrition in Pakistan is a priority for the Australian Government, including by supporting provincial governments to improve nutrition-related services,” Ms Adamson said.
The Civil Society WASH Fund supports 13 civil society organisations to deliver programs in the Pacific, Asia and Africa.
In Pakistan, Australia has also supported a similar project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, working with the International Rescue Committee.

Over 97.7 percent of Bhutanese have access to improved drinking water.
Access, however, does not mean availability of safe drinking water.
“The number of diarrhoeal cases in our country never goes down.
We want to bring this trend down.” During the training, participants collect sample water from the nearby areas and perform contamination tests.
Apart from the physical parameters (odour, appearance, pH, taste, turbidity and conductivity), participants also look at the microbiological parameters that include the presence of E.Coli bacteria in the water sample.
A total of 32 health assistants from BHUs and CHUs from Trashigang and Trashiyangtse attended the training.
According to the BDWQS 2016, pH level of a safe drinking water must be between 6.5-8.5 and the turbidity of the water should be below five.
The presence of E.Coli bacteria is a direct indication of faeces contamination in the water,” said Chimmi Dorji.
BHUs and CHUs without Internet access can punch data via SMS, said Chimmi Dorji.
Once NWRL completes providing training across the country, a national drinking water report will be compiled.

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That’s about the same weight and distance a 12-year-old Sudanese girl totes water several times a day, just for basic family needs, said Kaylenn Henderson of Temple, who was joined on the hike by her father, Mike Nix of Morgan’s Point Resort.
“The filters allow them to have clean water wherever they go,” he said.
“It was just like drinking bottled water.” There are more than five million people in South Sudan who have zero access to clean water, he said.
“There are diseases that have been eradicated all over the world that are still prevalent in South Sudan.
Roese said that Water is Basic, launched in 2006, was a vision of South Sudanese religious leaders, who realized that providing clean water was the greatest thing they could do for their country.
In 10 years, he said, Water is Basic has drilled 500 new water wells, repaired 300 and distributed 10,000 water filters.
“Every day that’s frustrating and difficult makes me think what it would mean to me if someone provided water for my daughter today.”

New Hampshire Union Leader CONCORD – A $20 million project to extend public water service from Manchester to several smaller communities in southern New Hampshire by tapping the Merrimack River is the most ambitious of several proposals vying for a piece of the state’s newly created Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund.
The Southern New Hampshire Regional Water System Project would at first serve Plaistow and Atkinson, and eventually could involve Derry, Salem, Hampstead and Windham as well, according to Scott.
The fund was created with the proceeds of a court ruling in favor of the state and against ExxonMobil over MTBE contamination.
After paying outside lawyers and making mandatory deposits to the state’s Rainy Day Fund, the Legislature was left with nearly $240 million for the groundwater trust fund, created by SB 380, which also set up a 19-member advisory commission to make sure the money is properly spent.
The Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission is expected to vote on the first round of projects on Nov. 2, with 20 communities from every part of the state submitting proposals.
Whitefield is seeking $4.3 million for a water main replacement.
The total cost of the Whitefield project, for example, is $6.5 million.
The biggest request is a $13 million loan for the Merrimack River Well Collector Water Treatment Plant, a key component of the Southern New Hampshire regional project.
The plan is to dig wells near the river, not tap directly into it.
Partnerships could be formed with the Hampstead Water Company and the municipally-owned Pennichuck Water Works of Nashua to solve a variety of water contamination problems in communities where private wells are the predominant source of drinking water.

In fact, lead is even contaminating drinking water in schools and pre-schools — flowing from thousands of fountains and faucets where our kids drink water every day.
Most schools have at least some lead in their pipes, plumbing, or fixtures.
All Americans deserve safe drinking water.
That’s why doctors, nurses, and parents across the country are calling on public officials to “Get the Lead Out.” Replacing pipes, plumbing, fountains and/or fixtures that contain lead is the most effective, permanent solution to prevent contamination of the water our children drink, at school or elsewhere.
While removing all of these lead-bearing parts will take time, installing filters certified to remove lead is an immediate step schools and daycares can take to begin protecting children right now.
In past years, the relatively few state and local governments addressing lead in drinking water mostly focused on testing.
In Washington state, the state legislature has ordered the department of health to develop guidance for schools on how to limit lead in water at 1 ppb, as per AAP’s recommendation.
Both Washington, DC, and San Diego have adopted a 5 ppb standard for schools’ water.
Two more states will consider protective policies this week.
It’s time to get the lead out of drinking water.

Image: Chris kenning When Mark Hogg recently traveled to Puerto Rico to help deliver safe water kits to the hurricane-ravaged island, he met locals who wept at the sight of clean water.
Image: Chris Kenning Since significant portions of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid remain offline, affected pumps and filtration systems can’t sanitize and deliver water.
According to Vox, one mayor pleaded with government officials to get a generator for his town’s water plant, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency and National Guard were unable to provide one.
Eighty-five percent of the people in his community didn’t have water a month after the hurricane.
And while the federal government continues to deliver bottled and desalinized water to the U.S. territory, it hasn’t yet met Puerto Ricans’ everyday need for a large water supply necessary to bathe, clean, and cook.
WaterStep The nonprofit has brought 22 disaster response kits to Puerto Rico and trained local officials and emergency response workers to use them.
The kits were distributed across the island.
You can donate to Operation Agua here.
LifeStraw LifeStraw produces a few different water filtration systems that can meet individual, family, and community needs.
You can donate to LifeStraw’s hurricane relief fund here.

Americans are growing ill and bacteria outbreaks are spiking in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico as people use dirty water—sometimes contaminated by urine and hazardous waste—for drinking and bathing.
Volunteers working on the ground with the American Federation of Teachers tell Newsweek they have treated several counts of pink eye and dehydration in children, among a growing number of reports of water-related illnesses.
"The water systems have not been up and running because there is no electricity.” "I saw kids drinking from streams,” Weingarten added.
This is a month after the hurricane and we’re still talking about food and water."
The Associated Press reported 74 cases of leptospirosis—a bacterial infection where the urine of infected animals enters a water supply—since Maria hit the island in September, while health care professionals report cases of dehydration and pink eye.
The lack of electricity means water treatment facilities and purification systems are not fully functional, and some people turn to bacteria-contaminated water for relief in the humid, 80-degree weather.
Puerto Ricans were also given water from a federally designated hazardous-waste site, CNN reported.
FEMA has also struggled to coordinate with a number of volunteer organizations and non-government organizations striving to fill the gaps.
"Frankly, the water purification is not a long-term solution either," Weingarten tells Newsweek.
"It’s getting the water systems back and the water treatment centers back."