Design of Nyakihita trading centre water supply system :

Abstract

In the world, it is reported that over 1.1 billion of citizens in the world do not use drinking water, while 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation and 9.2 million people in Uganda have no access to safe water where out of 57000 rural areas in Uganda of which only 11000 rural areas have only accessed clear safe water which makes 19.3% of rural areas with access to clean water. This percentage is still so small and a lot has to be done to extend clean and safe water to rural areas in the country. In Nyakihita parish-Mitooma district, residents (especially women, children and pupils) move long distances of about (3-4) kilometres to collect unsafe water since the water points are unevenly distributed with poor water quality and always dries up at the beginning of dry seasons. The existing open wells are shared with the animals and this makes the water unsafe for consumption by the people. This research project aimed at finding a solution to this current situation by designing a suitable water supply system which enables community members to access clean and safe water points from their respective residents. The employed techniques/methods were attempted to solve the problem and monitor the performance of supply system hydraulics to ensure quality delivery to water users.