Volume 2 - Issue 2, March - April 2026

As a result of the rapid population growth, industrial activities, and climate change which has been a major global concern, human consumption and water demand continue to increase. In an attempt to achieve the target for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concerning reducing populations without access to safe drinking water, developing countries require extra efforts to achieve this target. This project is aimed at assessing and generating the spatial distribution of boreholes and hand-dug wells within Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The spatial distribution of the boreholes and hand-dug wells was determined using a hand-held GPS. The data generated were analyzed using ArcGIS 10.3 software while 200 m buffering of the boreholes and hand-dug wells were overlaid to know areas that have access to both the boreholes and the hand-dug well in the study area. The result clearly shows that the southern part of the study area having a clustering arrangement possesses more boreholes and hand-dug wells thereby having more access to these water facilities. Moreover, some of the areas within the school were found to be short of these water facilities due to the increased population of both staff and students as well as the malfunction of some of these facilities.

FAKOLADE, O.R, Adetokunbo FALADE, Diran OLANIYAN,"Groundwater Database for Sustainable Water Development within the Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti, Southwestern Nigeria" International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Educational Development, V2(2): Page(864-872) Mar-Apr 2026. ISSN: 3107-6513. www.ijamred.com. Published by Scientific and Academic Research Publishing.