Water scarcity is a major challenge around the world, particularly in Ekpoma community, Edo State, Nigeria. The population depends on water vendors and reservoir tanks as a means of water supply. This study aims to make an assessment of groundwater potentials for effective and sustainable water resources management in Ekpoma. Seven criteria were considered to determine groundwater potentiality including slope, rainfall, land use, drainage density, distance to lineament, soil, and geology. According to their impact on groundwater, the parameters were grouped into fuzzy membership categories. The groundwater potentiality map was generated by overlaying the fuzzy members. Of the 101.2 km² area of Ekpoma, the high, medium, and low potential zones cover 7.9, 6.4, and 85.7% of the total area, respectively. High and medium groundwater zones were identified mostly on the outskirt of the built-up areas. These groundwater potential areas were discovered to be predominant around the lineament areas suggesting that lineament plays a major role in the potential for groundwater in the study area. Reservoirs can be assigned in these high potential areas. Conclusively, the generated groundwater prospective map can be exploited for hydrological policy making and also by water supply engineers to predict the availability of groundwater.

水资源短缺是世界各地的主要挑战，尤其是在尼日利亚埃多州的埃克波马社区。人口依赖水供应商和蓄水池作为供水手段。本研究旨在评估埃克波马有效和可持续水资源管理的地下水潜力。考虑了七项标准来确定地下水潜力，包括坡度、降雨量、土地利用、排水密度、到地表的距离、土壤和地质。根据它们对地下水的影响，参数被分为模糊隶属度类别。通过叠加模糊成员生成地下水潜力图。101.2 公里²埃克波马地区，高、中、低潜力带分别占总面积的7.9%、6.4%和85.7%。高、中地下水区主要位于建成区的外围。发现这些地下水潜在区域在线性区域周围占主导地位，这表明线性区域在研究区域的地下水潜力中起着主要作用。可以在这些高潜力地区分配水库。最后，生成的地下水前景图可用于制定水文政策，也可用于供水工程师预测地下水的可用性。