The Uganda Atlas
MDG 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Access to safe drinking water
Access to safe drinking water
MDG 7 on environmental sustainability aims among others at halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water by 2015. Water sources considered safe include piped water, boreholes, protected springs and gravity flow schemes. Sixty seven percent of all households in Uganda now have access to safe water sources. The challenge is sustainability of these sources in view of increased degradation of water catchments and surface water sources. In urban areas the proportion of people with access to safe water is 87 percent while it is 64 percent in the rural areas.
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Distance to safe drinking water for the regions
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Source : UBOS, UNHS 2005/6, 2002 Uganda Population and Housing Census Analytical Report
A man accesses unsafe drinking water from a pond in Migera, Nakasongola District
NEMA 2003
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