Abubakar, MahmudUmar Osu, Ujih.2023-12-142023-12-142015-12-27Marin. P., M. Fall, and H. Ouibiga, (2010): ‘Corporatizing a Water Utility. A Successful Case Using a Performance-Based Service Contract for ONEA in Burkina Faso’. Gridlines Note no. 53, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility. Maxwell, S., (2003): Heaven or Hubris: Rcclections on the New “New Poverty Agenda”. Development Policy Review 21 (1) 5-25. London: Overseas Development Institute. United Nations Development Programme (2006): The Human Development Report. 2006: Beyond Scarcity: Power, Poverty and the global water World Health Organization (2007): Economic and Health ^Effects of Increasing Coverage of Low Cost ’Household Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Interventions to Countries Off-Track to Meet MDG Target 10. WHO/UNICEF (2010): Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation. 2010 Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water, 2010 update. World Bank, (2000): Rural Water Projects Lessons from OED Evaluations. Operations Evaluations Department. Washington. D. C.: World Bank. World Bank. (2006): Rural Water Supply. Sanitation and Hygiene: A Review of 25 Years of World Bank Lending (197S-2003). Washington. D. C.: World Bank. World Bank. (2008): Kaduna Stale Nigeria. Public Expenditure Review: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Sector (Draft report). World Bank (2009): Africa's Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation Flagship report, Africa infrastructure Country Diagnostic. WSP. (2000): Linking Sustainability with Demand. Gender and Poverty: A Study in Community-Managed Water Supply Projects in 15 countries. Delhi, WSP. Crisis.https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/4725In Nigeria, there is an urgent need, to manage w ater resources, especially the aspects of development and supply, with a policy that aims at financial viability and economic efficiency. Four Local Government Areas (LGAS) were sampled and used for this study because of the current operations of the Nasarawa State's Water Board; each LG A is residentially structured into four zones which coincide with the socio-economic strata in the LGAs. IS specific water consumption rates were examined using standards of measurements. The average water use rate in each stratum was then compared with the present water rates, to highlight the w ide gap between amount of w ater used and the amount charged by the government. The study observed that, the ideal necessity for optimal water pricing in Nasarawa State is to resort to metering every water-using unit in the state. In such a case, prices will be based on amount of water actually used by a household or unit, or individuals; this can only be achieved if pipe connections have been extended to the houses in the unplanned indigenous areas. The study concludes that, water must be exploited economically. The running cost should be borne by revenue from water rates The present water tariff is grossly unrealistic and requires upward reviewenWater Supply, Water Tarrif, Water per Capita, KeffiArticle