In Ivory Coast, the provision for good drinking water has received priority attention since 1973. The National Water-works Programme which started in 1975, is progressing satisfactorily. All over the country, villages and towns are being equipped with hydraulic machines and other structures for the production and distribution of good drinking water. This has contributed in no small way to the control of certain diseases related to water pollution. The authors think however that a lot still needs to be done especially to inform and to educate the village communities and to control the quality of the drinking water. These actions should check water pollution and encourage people in the rural areas to drink portable pipe-borne water.
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