Watershed degradation and water provision in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania
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2023
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Abstract
Freshwater provision is an ecosystem service usually offered by natural watersheds but
threatened by anthropogenic degradation. Pollution reduced water supply and led to high
socio-economic costs. This study examined water accessibility in three wards of Morogoro
Municipality in Tanzania in terms of; household sources of water supply, availability, con-
sumption, and spending. It involved primary data collected through household question-
naire survey, key informant interviews and observation, and secondary data from water
supply authority and basin offices. Quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive tech-
niques that involved computation of maximum and minimum values, means, and percent-
ages; and qualitative data by content analysis technique. About 80% of study respondents
were not connected to the public water supply networks, they depended on sources like
boreholes, wells, rainwater, and streams. Water supply was insufficient and partly unaf-
fordable during scarcity. The study findings were linked to the UNESCO IHP-IX framework
to achieve water-related SDGs, to improve water provision efficiency.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2022.12.004
Keywords
Watershed, Degradation, Water provision, Water scarcity, Tanzania