This scenario is expected to escalate due to climate changes and increase in population (Carvalho Resende et al., 2018; Cassivi et al., 2018). It is with this vision that United Nation formulated Sustainable Development Goal number 6 that laid strategies for ensuring access to safe water by all by 2030(UN-Water, 2018; UNICEF, 2017). Surface water sources are slowly diminishing due to a myriad of factors that include climate variability, land use changes, increased demands by various sectors and urbanization(
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