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WATER AND SANITATION

Water and Sanitation

The availability of and accessibility to improved drinking water is an important aspect of the health of household members. The UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Seven aimed at reducing by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water by 2015 based on 1990 levels.

The source of water supply particularly for drinking has a tremendous effect of diseases. For instance, one of the main health benefits of clean drinking water supply is a reduction in diarrhoea.

Water sources are often classified as ‘improved’ or ‘unimproved’: Sources considered as improved are piped public water into homes, public standpipe, borehole, protected (lined) dug well, protected spring, and rainwater collection; unimproved are unprotected wells and springs, vendors, and tanker-trucks (WHO and UNICEF, 2000). The main sources of drinking water in Kintampo Municipal are presented in Table 8.10.

Household drinking water was obtained from six main sources as follows: bore-hole including pump or tube well (18.5%), pipe-borne water outside the dwelling (6.6%), pipe-borne water inside the dwelling (3.5%), public tap or standpipe (5.6%), river or stream (21%), and sachet water (3.1%).

Date Created : 1/13/2026 12:00:00 AM