The paper assesses the various strategies adopted by Adamawa state government in ameliorating conditions of
water supply in the state with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The paper makes use of
secondary data obtained from National Bureau of Statistics affiliated office in the federal government secretariat,
Yola and the policy document of Adamawa State Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Agency Yola.
The secondary data obtained from these sources are used in measuring two major indicators in water related
areas in Adamawa state. The indicators are the percentage of households using surface water as a source of
drinking and cooking and sources of water in Adamawa state. The author also understudies various strategies
adopted by the Adamawa state government in its water sector. The data collected are used to measure the
indicators before and after the application of the strategies, using the neighbouring states of Taraba, Gombe and
Yobe as control. The comparison of the indicators between the periods before intervention and after the
intervention reveals that the strategies adopted by Adamawa state government were effective. The full
implementation of the strategies by Adamawa state government is recommended by the study.