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TABLE LXXVI:
from these sources. Some parts of Same and Mwanga districts
obtain their water supply from the Pare mountains.
The region has several dams which are in use in different districts.
The larger ones being Nyumba ya Mungu, Kalimawe, Ndungu
and Jipe. Water from these dams is used for domestic purposes,
fishing, industries, irrigation, and generation of electricity. About
10% of all water supply in the region is obtained from ground
water sources, that is, from Bore-holes and shallow-wells mainly
in the lower areas of Same and Mwanga districts.
POPUATION WITH ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IN FIVE
SELECTED REGIONS 1994/95 (COMPARISON)
Region Population (‘000) Urban Population (‘000) Rural Population (‘000)
Total Numbe
r served
%
Served
Total Numbe
r
Served
%
Ser
ved
Total Numbe
r
Served
%
Served
K'njaro
Mbeya
Kagera
M'goro
Tanga
1308.3
1708.0
1554.8
1572.0
1425.2
676.187
848.098
441.636
754.000
909.932
51.7
49.7
28.4
48.0
63.9
145.366
244.2
154.8
240.2
226.3
80.125
164,200
49,636
155,00
194,091
55.
0
67.
3
32.
1
64.
5
85.
8
1234.5
1453.7
1400.0
1331.7
1198.8
696,890
683,654
392,000
600,000
715,831
56.0
46.7
28.0
45.1
59.7
Source: Ministry of Water Energy and Minerals
4.3.2 Rural Water Supply
The region is among few regions in Tanzania whereby a large
proportion of the rural population relatively get their water supply
with ease, both physically and financially,because of the simplicity
which exist in tapping clean water from streams or springs and
conveying the same by gravity and other pumping energy.
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