The Lagos State Water Corporation (LSWC) on Saturday said it had water deficit of about 300 million gallons per day.

Its Group Managing Director, Mr Shayo Holloway, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

According to him, the reason for this deficit is the high population in the state with an average of five per cent estimated growth rate yearly.

“The total demand for water is 540 million gallons per day. The corporation has total installed capacity of 210 million gallons per day leaving a shortfall of 300 million gallons.“However, the corporation is working towards meeting the demands for water supply in the state,” he said.

Holloway said that the state had started working already on a road map to meet the water demands.

He said work had already commenced on the Adiyan Phase II Water Works Project and it would be completed in 2016.According to him, the Adiyan Phase II project will add 70 million gallons of water per day to the already existing 210 million gallons.

The managing director said that the corporation had a design for a water works project in Badagry.He said that the Badagry water works project would be constructed by a private firm through Public Private Partnership (PPP).

Holloway said the corporation had started discussions with a PPP to develop the water works expected to produce 200 million gallons of water per day. He said that meeting the water demand in Lagos State was a continuous assignment as it was not something that would be done in a year.