Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of Africa

Water use, 2016 Algeria Percentage Water use, 2016 Kenya Percentage

Kenya

Water resources Kenya has a tropical climate with about 80 per cent of the land classified as arid or semi-arid. Rainfall averages 630 mm/year, ranging from less than 200 mm in the north to 1,800 mm on the slopes of Mount Kenya (AMCOW 2018; FAO 2016). The country’s aqueduct water stress for all sectors measured in 2010 was 0.76 and is projected to decrease to 0.64 by 2040 (Luo et al. 2015). A score of 0.64 indicates that there is low competition among water users relative to available surface- water resources. Water withdrawals as a proportion of total withdrawals are highest in the agriculture sector, averaging 59 per cent (AMCOW 2018).

Industry

4

Industry 6

37

59

Municipal

Agriculture

Municipal

Agriculture

31

63

Source: AMCOW 2018.

Source: AMCOW 2018. Water availability KENYA Water availability KENYA

m 3 /person and year m 3 /person and year

Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water Total renewable freshwater Total water withdrawal Internal renewable water sources of which are surface water

667 69.9 667 69.9

450 439 8.91% 76 9.71% 10.50% 450 439 8.91% 76 9.71% 10.50%

pressure on surface water pressure on surface water

of which are groundwater of which are groundwater

pressure on groundwater pressure on groundwater

Water stress Water stress

Nairobi

Source: AMCOW 2018; FAO 2018. Source: AMCOW 2018; FAO 2018.

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