This work tackles the problem of accessibility to drinking water in the cracked areas of Côte d'Ivoire. On the Ivorian portion of the Niger River watershed, the problem is acute because the reservoirs built to feed populations with potable water are not properly supplied these last years and are subject to a very high eutrophication. A multidisciplinary approach combining Remote Sensing, Multicriteria Analysis and Spatial Reference Hydrogeological Information System was adopted to map the groundwater potential of the Basin. The mapping of groundwater potential zones shows that the Niger basin has good and excellent availability of groundwater (59% of the total area). This good groundwater availability is due to a low slope and good fracturing density which lead to good water infiltration in the aquifers. The identification of potential sites for access to water shows that nearly 60% of the basin's area is favorable for the establishment of high flow rate structures. On the whole, these aquifers have good accessibility (59% of the total area) and good exploitability (90%).
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