Download - Yemen Humanitarian Response | YEMEN

Table 18: Percent distribution of households by source and treatment of water, according toecological zones, Lahj governorate, July 2012Lowland MountainousEcological Zone% N % NWater sourceImproved water source 83.1 664 71.9 507Type of water sourcePiped water connected to home 26.9 215 15.6 110Piped water connected to yard 12.8 102 3.4 24Open, unprotected well 11.3 90 17.6 124Open, protected well 19.6 157 10.1 71Covered rainwater collection tank 0.3 2 22.0 155Open rainwater collection tank 0.1 1 3.4 24Water tanker 17.9 143 16.7 118Bottled water (Hadda, Shamlan, Kawthar, etc) 5.6 45 1.3 9Unprotected surface water (valley, running spring, etc) 1.9 15 6.8 48Protected spring water 0.0 0 2.8 20Other 3.6 29 0.3 2Water treatment for drinkingYes 2.8 22 5.5 39No 97.2 777 94.5 666Type of water treatmentBoil water before drinking 36.4 8 51.3 20Use chlorine or Clorox 0 0 5.1 2Filter through clean cloth 50.0 11 20.5 8Use ceramic or sand filter or similar filter method 9.1 2 17.9 7Other 4.5 1 5.1 24.8.2. Sanitation source and safe hygiene practicesTable 19 shows that there was a slight difference between Lowland households using animproved toilet facility 19 compared to Mountain households. In Mountain community less thanhalf of the population (41.7%) used improved toilet facility, whilst in Lowland, the proportion ofhouseholds using improve facility increases approximately to 51%. A high number ofhouseholds were using an open pit or latrine without slab in Lowland areas (40.8%) as inMountainous areas (45.0%). In Lowland areas, 16.4% of households were not using any facility;they reported using the open field.19 Improved toilet is defined as being one of the following: flush to piped sewer system, flush to septic tank, flush topit latrine or pit latrine with slab42