The University of Lagos, Nigeria, one of the foremost universities in Africa was established in 1962. The present
water distribution network of the University was designed and constructed in 1982 when the population was about
12,000. The current population of the University is about 85,000 with no significant improvement made to the
water distribution network. The water demand has risen from 2.48 million litres per day (mlpd) in 1991 to 10.75
mlpd in 2012, whereas the water supply situation has declined to 3.70 mlpd in 2012. This has led to an inefficient
water distribution and a serious gap of about 7.05 mlpd between water supply and demand in the University. In
this paper, a comprehensive analysis of the water distribution system in the University of Lagos was carried out
through the use EPANET, a computer aided tool. The study concluded that the performance of the existing
distribution network under current water demand is inefficient and recommended appropriate improvement.