Good water and sanitation promote good health and enhances national development. This study was conducted in Ese-Odo LGA, Ondo State to investigate the challenges households faced in accessing good drinking water and sanitation facilities. The study depended on primary data collected from the field through questionnaire administration and secondary data from the Nigeria Population Commission, Ese-Odo LG Secretariat, and Ondo State Water Corporation.
The results revealed that only few 29.9% of the households have access to improved water with greater majority (63%) depending on water from the stream/river for drinking water. The low income earners spend more of their income on water (30%) than the high income earners (15%). The results also indicated that only 20% of the households have no access to good sanitation in their homes whereas a greater majority of the household (80%) have no access to improved sanitation, they defecate in nearby bush outside their homes. It is therefore recommended that the NGO's, CBOs, Ondo state Government and Ese-Odo LGA must focus on extending pipe-borne water to the communities and also educate households to provide toilets in their homes.