Title | Building effective drinking water management policies in rural Africa : lessons from northern Uganda |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Opio, C |
Secondary Title | CIGI-Africa Initiative Discussion Paper Series |
Volume | 6 |
Pagination | 20 p.; 3 fig.; 3 tab. |
Date Published | 2012-09-01 |
Publisher | Centre for International Governance Innovation, CIGI |
Place Published | Waterloo, Ont, Canada |
Keywords | access to water, drinking water, policies, rural areas, uganda northern uganda, water management, water quality |
Abstract | While the need to provide clean drinking water is widely recognized as a priority in rural Sub-Saharan Africa, there is a lack of specific data on water quality to build effective drinking water management policies. This discussion paper describes a water quality study undertaken in Northern Uganda, to test the potability and potential contamination of water taken from wells, open water sources and households. Key lessons from the study include the fact that clean well water can be contaminated during transportation to, and storage in, homes. Building on the data from the water quality tests, this paper explores the policy implications for national governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals at the household level. In the absence of more specific, country-by-country |
Notes | With bibliography on p. 16 - 17 |
Custom 1 | 271.1 |