Poverty and Human Development Report 2009 - UNDP in Tanzania

POVERTY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009
Figure 35: Survey Data on Water Supply
% of Households
76
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
54.1
17.6
28.3
2001 (HBS)
57.8 54.7
21.5
22.9
59.5
17.7
20.5 22.4 22.8
2002 (Census)
2005 (DHS)
2007 (HBS)
Piped
Urban 90%
MKUKUTA
Targets
Rural 65%
.
Protected
Sources: HBS 2000/01 and 2007, Census 2002; TDHS 2004/05
Time Taken to Collect Water
10.2 14.6
10.8
79.0
2001 (HBS)
Unprotected
15.3
11.7
70.0 66.9
2002 (Census)
21.6 20.5
The MKUKUTA indicator for water supply specifically refers to a 30-minute limit on collecting
time, reflecting the priority given to time spent by citizens in accessing water. Under this indicator,
if it takes a household more than 30 minutes to go to their water source, collect water and return,
then that household does not have “adequate access”.
The most recent data source – the 2007 Household Budget Survey – examined how many of
the households that reported access to water from a piped or protected source also fit within
the 30- minute criteria (Figure 36). A large majority of households that access water from an
improved source are able to do so within the time limit prescribed by MKUKUTA. Only 27%
of rural households who use improved sources take more than 30 minutes to collect water.
Corresponding figures for urban areas are even lower (5.5% in Dar es Salaam, 9.8% in other
urban areas).
2005 (DHS)
18.4
61.0
2007 (HBS)