Frequently Asked Questions

Point source pollution is any single identifiable source of pollution from which pollutants are discharged. This includes: - Pipes or ditches from industrial facilities - Sewage treatment plants - Oil refineries - Chemical manufacturing plants

Access to safe water is the percentage of people within 1 km (rural) and 0.2 km (urban) of an improved water source. The calculation is based on the estimated number of people served per each type of water source. This is for • Protected springs: 200 users • Shallow wells and deep boreholes: 300 users • Kiosks and yard taps for public use: 150 users • Yard taps for private use: 24 users • Rainwater harvesting tanks >10,000 liters: 6 users • Rainwater harvesting tanks <10,000 liters: 3 users • House connections: 6 users • Institutional connections: 100 users

The agreed indicators as defined in the Sector Performance Measurement Framework, established by the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) in 2004 are; • Access: percentage of people within 1 km (rural) and 0.2 km (urban) of an improved water source. • Functionality: Percentage of improved water sources that are functional. • Equity: Mean deviation from the district/national average number of persons per improved water point. • Management: Percentage of communally managed water sources with active Water & Sanitation Committees. • Gender: Percentage of Water & Sanitation Committees with at least one woman holding a key position. • Village Coverage: Percentage of village with at least one functional safe water sources.

Population figures are projections of population as published by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics population (UBOS). Growth rates are taken from the district level and are assumed to be the same for all Sub-Counties of the corresponding district. As with all calculations also population figures are updated daily.

Equity presents the deviation between the number of persons per improved water point in rural sub-counties. The higher the value the greater the inequity, while a lower value indicates a better equity. Therefore, the sub-county and district population is divided by the number of sources in that sub-county, resp. district. The equity is then the absolute value of difference between the district and sub-county ratios. National and district equity are also based on sub-county level and simply represent the average of considered sub-counties.

Functionality is the ratio of functioning improved water sources to the total number of improved water sources. Sources which are Functional (not in use) are considered as functional if the downtime is less than 5 years or not specified.