Meru South District - UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative

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6.1.6 Accessibility to Safe, Portable Drinking Water Fig. 6: Population with Safe Drinking Water Per Division 40 30 20 10 0 % of Population with Access to Safe, Portable Drinking Water per Division Magumoni Source: Ministry of water and irrigation (1999) 50 Chuka Muthambi Igamba Ngo'mbe Mwimbi Table 23: Sources and Status of Water Resources SOURCE STATUS USAGE MANAGEM QUAL QUANTIT ENT ITY Y SYSTEM Rivers Safe Fairly Domestic Gravity W/s sufficient agricultural industrial (minimal) canals Ground Safe Insufficient Institutiona Boreholes/ water l domestic shallow wells reserves agricultural Rain water Safe Insufficient Domestic Roof catchments Springs Safe Fairly sufficient Shallow wells storage tanks Domestic Draw with buckets & jerry cans Safe Sufficient Domestic Rope and bucket Wetlands Unsafe Insufficient Domestic minor irrigation Drawn with jerry cans CHALLENG ES THREATS Diminishing flow volumes Pollution through seepage or infiltration Pollution of roof surfaces by dusts Diminishing /drying up of sources Contaminatio n by runoff surface waters Contaminatio n by runoff, grazing livestock PROPOSED INTERVENTI ON Catchment Protection. River bank protection Protection of ground water resources Awareness creation Spring protection Protection and proper development Proper protection
6.1.7 Impacts of Water Use & Demand on the <strong>Environment</strong> and Natural Resources i. Siltation: Due to agricultural activities along the river banks, earth dams and water pans and within the catchment areas there is massive soil erosion causing siltation on the sources. ii. Depletion: This is caused by the felling of trees either in forests (timber purposes) or within catchment areas. This reduces the water retention power. Illegal water abstractions also lead to over utilization of water in rivers on the upper zones. iii. Pollution: the main causes of pollution are poor domestic waste disposal, industrial wastes e.g. from tea and coffee factories and also from slaughter houses and slabs. Poor management of liquid wastes within towns is a major cause of pollution. Agricultural activities lead to soil erosion hence polluting the water resources through agrochemicals and herbicides used in farming. 6.1.8 Key <strong>Environment</strong>al Issues in Management of Water Resources. Conflicts: Water shortages lead to disagreements between water consumers or farmers who irrigate their land. Illegal abstractions upstream may cause conflict from the people downstream during the low discharge periods. Water Pricing: The government has come up with a generally affordable tarrifs (water rates) to all consumers, though there are cases where project members feel they have to agree on their own rates of payments. Apportionment: Before any project undertakes any construction works the ministry has to be satisfied that the discharge from the river /source is adequate and that all the rules and regulations are adhered to. Interventions In 2002 the ministry of water and irrigation introduced water act 2002 which controls and authorizes water use to ensure sustainable use of water resources. The act also allows formation of water services Regulatory Boards to run water supply and sewerage services together with the Water Resource Management Authority that is charged with task of sustainable management of water resources. 51
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Page 17 and 18: CHAPTER 3: HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND INF
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Page 21 and 22: Respiratory tract infections - 1254
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Page 61 and 62: 5 Human-wildlife conflict -Scaring
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Page 65 and 66: Deforestation -Forestation -Re-affo
Page 67 and 68: degradation Hotels -Pollution of ri
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Page 79 and 80: Land Adjudication Land Registration
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