Future Water Supply in the Machakos District of Kenya
Abstract
Most African governments are aiming to provide a supply of clean and
safe water for rural people by the year 2000. Faced with a rapid population
growth rate of four percent per annum (the highest in the world) and
limited high-potential agricultural land, the Kenyan government recog-
nizes the need to examine the problems and prospects of developing the
water resources of the marginal, semiarid areas for agricultural and
domestic use. Wise management of the scarce resources of these areas
entails an understanding of the factors which influence supply and
demand of water and is a matter of urgency. Few studies exist on total or
per capita water consumption in rural areas. This paper presents the
results of a recent survey of rural agricultural and domestic water con-
sumption in the Machakos district, an ecologically marginal area of Kenya
Citation
Mutiso, S. K., & Thompson, R. D. (1987). Future water supply in the Machakos District of Kenya. Ambio, 322-325.Publisher
University of Nairobi