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