The main purpose of this study was to assess accessibility to domestic
water in terms of distance, time, and the rate at which households are
willing to pay for this water from various sources and at different
distances from home. As such, the objectives of this study were to:
• Establish the sources of domestic water supply and
time/distance covered to water points,
• Assess the willingness and rate at which water users are
willing to pay for domestic water, and
• Ascertain the factors that determine the rate at which water
users are willing to pay for water.
To achieve the objectives of this study, both documentary and field
based techniques were used to collect and analyse information.
Interview schedules, key informant interviews and focus group
discussions were used to gather the required data. In analysing data,
descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, means and crosstabulations)
as well as inferential statistics (Chi-square, two-way
ANOVA and multiple regressions) were used. Out of the 300
respondents, 85% and 77% collected domestic water from springs
during dry and rainy seasons, respectively. Over 74% of the
respondents got water from roof catchment during rainy seasons. Less
than 10% of the respondents used other sources of water during both
dry and rainy seasons. Cross-tabulation between water sources and
sub-locations revealed that some sources of water such as tap,
stream/river and wells were sub-location specific. However, spring
and roof catchment as sources of water were used across all sublocations
used.