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WATER AND SANITATION

Provision of potable drinking water is a major challenge in the district because of the low water table, making drilling of boreholes difficult. About nineteen (19) boreholes with hand pumps and two mechanized boreholes are found in the district with twenty three (23) number of stand pipes providing portable drinking water in the District.

In the area of sanitation, 36 communities in the District are Open Defecation Free (ODF). Fumigation exercise conducted in all the public places in the district in the fight against COVID-19. Sensitization exercise in 12 Communities on general sanitation and COVID-19 preventive measures carried out. Eleven (11) refuse evacuation containers were also mounted in strategic locations of the district.

 


Date Created : 3/17/2023 12:00:00 AM