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A study for Pipe-Borne Water Demand (PBWD) analysis for Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA), Katsina State Nigeria was carried out in order to analyze the status of pipe-borne water demand for the LGA from 1991 to 2023. The data for the study was obtained from the officials of the State water Board and National Population Commission (NPC). Methods used for investigation are geometric model for estimating population in the future years, trend-based technique for estimating water demand and Linear Regress Model for estimating the direction of trend. Results obtained indicate that population and water demand are increasing steadily. The trend of water demand was increasing at the rate of 17,245M3/Year and the capacity of the Treatment Water Plant could not meet the pipe-borne water demand of the population. The consequence of this you could see people of the LGA now resort to alternative sources of water supply such as hand-dug wells, water vendors and among others. These predominantly unwholesome sources are variable sources of water borne diseases. The study thus recommended that Water Board should ensure that pipe-borne water supply meets demand of population in order to avert any possible outbreak of water borne-diseases. Key words: Analysis, Status, Pipe-borne, Water Demand, Malumfashi LGA