The Causes and Impacts of Urban Water Scarcity on Households: the Case Study of Burayyu Town Administration
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2016-11
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Addis Ababa University
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The objective of this research is assessing the causes and impacts of water scarcity on
households: the case study of Burayyu Town Administration
The major determinants of water accessibility are distance, time and quantity of an individual
consumes per a day. The paper analyzes households` water use through random sampling of the
total of 19,546 household’s and asked 120 households using structured questionnaire. SPSS
software has been used for data analysis. The major indicators of water scarcity are the
Falkenmark indicator, the social water index, and the basic human water requirement. The
survey result shows that more than half of the households suffer from water scarcity. The
sampled households’ have the amount of water consumption in per individual were 10 liters per
day. Amount of water demand liter per day exceeds supply in the study. Water is considered to be
accessible if an individual consumes 1700m 3 per year according Falkenmark indicator. The
individual in the town receives 9m 3 per annum which is absolute scarcity. The causes of water
scarcity are fast urbanization and population growth, lack of capacity, and inadequate finance.
The impacts of the water scarcity have brought on households are the economic and health
impacts
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Town administration