Neil D. Burgess, Paul Harrison, Peter Sumbi, James Laizer, Adam ...

ANNEXES: TANZANIA’S COASTAL FORESTS 2011
Table 42 compares the main source of cooking energy across wealth categories. As expected, the
well-off tend to mix charcoal and firewood. Firewood energy for cooking dominated the middle and
very poor categories (Table 43). Forest Reserves are situated in the vicinity of these villages. Their
uses are restricted by the law, but were being accessed by those communities that live adjacent to
them for charcoal and firewood.
Table 47: Energy for Cooking by Wealth Categories
Well-off (%) Middle (%) Very poor (%)
Kerosene 0 0 0.5
Charcoal 45.5 13.9 11.1
Firewood 54.5 86.1 88
8.4.6 Sources of Water for Domestic Use
In the surveyed villages, the existing sources of water for domestic purposes include wells, rivers,
springs and taps. As indicated in Table 44, half (50%) of the households interviewed in the selected
coastal areas depend on wells as sources of domestic water followed by those depending on rivers,
springs and very few (4.3%) with access to tap water.
Table 48: Source of Water for Domestic Use
Source
Kaskazini
(n=39)
Kati
(n=18)
Kilwa
(n=59)
Lindi
(n=90)
Magharibi
(n=37)
Micheweni(
n=90)
Rufiji
(n=83)
Total
(N=416)
Wells (%) 56.4 55.6 59.3 47.8 54 42.2 48.2 50.0
River (%) 38.5 38.9 35.6 33.3 40.5 43.3 41.0 38.7
Spring (%) 5.1 5.6 5.1 13.3 5.4 8.9 1.2 7.0
Tap (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 5.6 9.6 4.3
Although the main water source is wells, the poor categories use fewer choices of water sources
compared to the well-off and middle wealth groups (Table 45). This implies that, by all means, there
was a need for ensuring that forests are conserved as they act as the catchments for all these water
sources on which the community depends.
Table 49: Source of Water for Domestic Use by Wealth Categories
Water source Well-off (%) Middle (%) Very poor (%)
Well 35.7 60.8 90.9
River 0.0 28.9 52.1
Spring 0.0 6.6 8.5
Tap 9.1 3.7 3.7
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