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Coping with Erratic Water Supply in Small Towns

Coping with Erratic Water Supply in Small Towns

Never Mujere, Trust Saidi
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522501879|ISBN10: 1522501878|EISBN13: 9781522501886
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0187-9.ch010
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Mujere, Never, and Trust Saidi. "Coping with Erratic Water Supply in Small Towns." Population Growth and Rapid Urbanization in the Developing World, edited by Umar G. Benna and Shaibu Bala Garba, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 192-208. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0187-9.ch010

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Mujere, N. & Saidi, T. (2016). Coping with Erratic Water Supply in Small Towns. In U. Benna & S. Garba (Eds.), Population Growth and Rapid Urbanization in the Developing World (pp. 192-208). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0187-9.ch010

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Mujere, Never, and Trust Saidi. "Coping with Erratic Water Supply in Small Towns." In Population Growth and Rapid Urbanization in the Developing World, edited by Umar G. Benna and Shaibu Bala Garba, 192-208. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0187-9.ch010

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Abstract

In Sub-Saharan Africa, artificial water shortages are common due to financial constraints impeding the procurement of adequate equipment to harness water. Most previous studies on variability of water supply in sub-Saharan Africa have largely focused on large urban settlements such as cities and towns. Thus, this chapter therefore presents findings from a study conducted to assess the causes and effects of erratic water supply in Kamwaza Township in Zimbabwe as well as to establish and evaluate coping strategies to the problem of erratic water supply. From the study, it was also observed that erratic water supply has socio-economic effects and these include high incidences of diseases, disruption of service delivery at institutions such as the hospital, clinic and schools and retarded infrastructural development. The study recommends a collaborative approach from all stakeholders in solving the problem of erratic water supply by upgrading the pumping station, repairing leaking pipes, employing people with technical expertise and sinking boreholes.

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