Welcome to Jay Water Advisory — a research-backed blog covering groundwater, water treatment, flooding, waste management, and environmental engineering. Written from Nigeria, for communities that need these conversations the most.

Whether you are a student, a professional, a policymaker, or simply someone who wants to understand the water crisis better — you are in the right place.

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Latest articles

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  The Water You Flushed This Morning Is Someone Else’s Problem — Here Is Why That Needs to Change
  by Jesutofunmi Aladekomo
  July 21, 2026
  Every day, Nigerian households produce thousands of litres of wastewater. Most of it goes untreated into drains, rivers, and the ground, becoming the contamination in someone else’s borehole and the disease in someone else’s child. Here is the honest story of Nigeria’s wastewater problem and why it concerns everyone.
• The Structures Built to Stop Floods — and Why They Keep Failing Nigeria
  by Jesutofunmi Aladekomo
  July 15, 2026
  Culverts, drainage channels, weirs, retention ponds — these are the structures built to stop floods. Here is what each one does in plain language and why they keep failing in Nigerian cities, and what that means for communities dealing with worsening flooding in 2026.
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  When the Drains Can’t Keep Up: Why Nigerian Cities are Flooded More Than Ever
  by Jesutofunmi Aladekomo
  July 9, 2026
  Nigerian cities are flooding more severely in 2026 than residents can remember. Here is why — the intensifying rainfall, the blocked drains, the cemented compounds, the coastal backflow — and what can actually be done about it.
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  How Trees Bring the Rain Back: The Hidden Link Between Forests and Your Water Supply
  by Jesutofunmi Aladekomo
  June 30, 2026
  Trees do more than provide shade. Through a natural process called transpiration, they pull water from underground and release it into the air, directly shaping rainfall and groundwater supply. Here is how the forest-water connection actually works and what it means for your own water supply.

About the Author

Hi, I’m Jesutofunmi — a water and environmental engineer based in Nigeria, with a Master’s degree in water and wastewater engineering specialising in water and wastewater treatment. My research has focused on treatment systems for rural communities affected by mining activities, where water quality challenges are among the most severe and often overlooked.

I started Jay Water Advisory to make water science accessible — clear, practical, and grounded in the Nigerian reality.

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