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different in urban areas, with only 2.8% and 5.9% of household heads identifying surface waterand well water, respective, as their main source of drinking water. The majority of urbanhouseholds reported drawing their drinking water from piped water (52.1%) or public tap (34.5%).Differences by province were statistically significant; notably, 42.4% of households in NorthEastern province used open wells on their compounds or plots as their main source of drinkingwater (data shown in Appendix B.14).Compared to the 2003 KDHS, significantly more urban households accessed drinking waterthrough public tap in 2007 (34.5% in 2007 vs. 21.8% in 2003) while well water 29 was less likely,albeit marginally, to be cited as a main source of drinking water in 2007 than in 2003 (5.9% in 2007vs. 11.8% in 2003). The proportion of rural households citing surface water as their main source ofdrinking water decreased significantly by 10 percentage points from 37.4% in 2003 to 27.2%. Theproportions of these household citing public tap and well water as their main source of drinkingwater marginally increased from 2003 KDHS (6.8% and 21.1%, respectively) to 2007 KAIS, (10.8%and 29.2%, respectively).Percent of Households (%)Figure 14.6b Method of treating drinking water by rural and urban residence,Kenya 200760Rural Urban4030.626.52015.811.460.151.20BoilingDisinfection (e.g.chlorine)0.28Bottled water1.5 1.7 0.8Other (e.g. filtration,sedimentation)Does not treat waterMethod of Treating Drinking WaterFigure 14.6b The majority of households in rural and urban areas did not treat waterfrom their main drinking water source.The majority of households in rural and urban areas did not treat their main source of drinkingwater (60.1% and 51.2%, respectively), with significantly more rural households lacking atreatment method compared to urban households. Among households in rural areas, 26.5% boiledtheir drinking water compared to 30.6% of households in urban areas. A further 11.4% of rural29 In the 2003 KDHS, well water included water from an open or covered public well, or an on or covered well in compound or plot.KAIS 2007 252