Water Accessibility and Utilization

"Preliminary observations on accessibility and utilisation of water in selected villages in Dodoma Rural and Bagamoyo Districts, Tanzania"

This study takes place in the Dodoma Rural and Bagamoyo Districts in Tanzania

Findings include:

- 71.1% water shared amongst households and 71.9% water sources shared with cattle, goats and sheep. Major issues of shared water sources include disease transmission, competition, and damage of resources
- The main sources for water for domestic uses are wells, dams, and ponds and for animals are dams and ponds
- The majority of respondents reported 'problematic' or not 'not easily available' water access. Time traveled to the nearest water source ranged from ten minutes to 6 hours
- villages without latrines showed more cases of diarrhea

-Stella