Nigeria’s urban water crisis is no longer just a public-service failure. It has become one of the country’s most persistent and undercapitalised infrastructure markets. Across fast-growing cities and industrial corridors, demand for treated water and regulated sanitation is rising rapidly while public supply remains structurally weak. The widening gap between demand and supply is quietly opening a durable investment opportunity. Urban demand expands as public supply stagnates Nigeria’s urban water crisis is no longer just a public-service failure. It has become one of the country’s most persistent and undercapitalised infrastructure markets. Across fast-growing cities and industrial corridors, demand for treated water and regulated sanitation is rising rapidly while public supply remains structurally weak. The widening gap between demand and supply is quietly opening a durable investment opportunity. Urban demand expands as public supply stagnates