Author(s)

Effebi Kôkôh Rose^1*, N’tain Yemou Jeanne¹, Dabissi Noufé Djibril¹, Diallo Seydou¹, Tra Bi Zamblé Armand², Nguetta Fabrice¹, Hela Karoui³, Kamagaté Bamory¹, Goné Droh Laciné¹, Jean Louis Perrin⁴, Luc Séguis⁴

¹Faculty of Science and Environmental Management, Laboratory of Geosciences and Environment, University Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
²Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire.
³Laboratory of Water, Decontamination, Ecosystem and Health (LEDES), International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁴Université Montpellier, Laboratoire HSM, Montpellier, France.

This study aims to identify human uses and activities in the watershed Aghien lagoon in nine rural communities located downstream, near the lagoon in rural area, and upstream of the lagoon in the urban area. A sample of two thousand two hundred fifty eight (2258) households is selected by the cluster sampling technique to three degrees. To these persons, a survey was administered. An interview guide was submitted to the various economic operators of these areas. The results show that the lagoon is used by localities near the lagoon for the dishes, laundry, bathing and swimming for more than 80% of households. This resource is also used for fishing, transport, irrigation, consumption and defecation but at low levels and as a receptacle for garbage. In the villages bordering the lagoon, the main economic activity is agriculture, unlike trade in upstream urban areas.

Aghien Lagoon, Activities, Uses, Household

Rose, E. , Jeanne, N. , Djibril, D. , Seydou, D. , Armand, T. , Fabrice, N. , Karoui, H. , Bamory, K. , Laciné, G. , Perrin, J. and Séguis, L. (2017) Activities and Uses of Aghien Lagoon (South-East of Côte d’Ivoire). Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 9, 11-19. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2017.91002.