Water stress is emerging as the most critical resource issue facing humanity. The world�s population and water demand continues to expand rapidly and is worsened where proper measures are not taken like in Calabar Municipality of Cross River State, Nigeria where abundance of water in its natural state does not imply a wealth of the resource in homes. A total of 384 questionnaires were distributed randomly within the Municipality and data were also collected from the National Population Commission and Cross River State Water Board Limited (CRSWBL). Results showed that the population of the area is on an upward trend. Geographic access was considerably good in the area with 65% of residents at convenient distance (< 200 meters) to water source, although 49% relied on privately owned boreholes. The volume of water used by the residents daily was not sufficient based on the World Health Organization 50 litre per-person-per-day standard, but still, 56.7% of people submitted that the water situation was decent in the area. Further analysis revealed there was significant relationship between population growth and volume of pipe-borne water supplied as well as consumed. Water use was also significantly influenced by household size, income and cost of water. Based on the findings, the need for new policies in water and population management, use of recent geospatial technologies as well as diligence by CRSWBL in their operations was emphasized to ensure sustainable water provision in the Municipality.