Uganda4

Water Crisis In Uganda Uganda is located in East-Central Africa, west of Kenya, east of the Dominicon Republic of the Congo. It's located at 100 degrees North and 3,200 degrees East. The total land area in Uganda is about 197 thousand sq. km (81.74%). The total water area is about 44 thousand sq. km (18.25). It is tropical, with rims of moutains surrounding it. It is well watered with many rivers and lakes, it is also land locked. Uganda has a problem with soil erosin.

The total area of irrigated land is about 144 square km, arable land is about 27.94%, the total renewable water resources is 66 cu. km, the total freshwater withdrawl is 0.32 cu km/yr, and the total population in poverty is 24.5%. With all of this, their population is 35,918,915. The total approximate amount of both rural and urban population that does not get safe water is 25%. And finally the total approximate amount of both rural and urban population that has safe sanitary facilities is 65%. Water contacts diseases are acquired through swimming or wading in freashwater lakes (Lake Victoria), streams, and rivers. Leptospirosis is an example of a water contact disease it is a bacteriial disease and can cause infection, high fever, severe headaches, vomiting, jaundice, and diarrhea; untreated, the disease can result in kidney damage, liver falure, meningitis, or respiratory distress. Food or waterborne diseases are caused by eating or drinking on the local economy. An example would be Hepatitis A. Some causes of the water crisis in Uganda is wetlands being drained for agricultural use, pour flush toilets make water unsafe, and there is hazardous waste. More than half of all residents in Uganda don't have access to clean water.