Ntungamo District

by May 15, 2025

The access rates in Ntungamo vary from 47 % in Kitwe TC Sub-County to 95 % in Bwongyera Sub-County. Ntungamo has 2,381 domestic water points which serve a total of 412,517 people – 370,975 in rural areas. 612 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Ntungamo has 4 piped schemes.

Access

77^%

Rural Functionality

75^%

Equity

81

Management

79^%

Gender

90^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

RES Rukoni East 237

RWS Rukoni West 398

RTL Rubaare TC 419

NTN Ntungamo 296

IHN Ihunga 267

RWK Rweikiniro 289

NYK Nyakyera 235

NGM Ngoma 139

RBR Rubaare 237

RGR Rugarama 239

ITJ Itojo 202

BWN Bwongyera 262

KBT Kibatsi 469

NYB Nyabihoko 325

CDV Central DIV 632

RHM Ruhaama 264

KYN Kayonza 334

RTC Rwashamaire TC 596

EDV Eastern DIV 231

WDV Western DIV 893

KTC Kitwe TC 303

Population figures are projections to the above mentioned date based on UBOS census 2014 and district growth rates. Population density is calculated on land area only. Boundaries reflect the preliminary status only.

Access to Safe Water

20 %		60 %

	40 %		80 %

Total Access 77 %

Rural Access 79 %

Urban Access 59 %

BWN Bwongyera 95 %

CDV Central DIV 57 %

EDV Eastern DIV 95 %

IHN Ihunga 95 %

ITJ Itojo 95 %

KBT Kibatsi 95 %

KTC Kitwe TC 47 %

KYN Kayonza NWSC

NGM Ngoma 95 %

NTN Ntungamo 95 %

NYB Nyabihoko 95 %

NYK Nyakyera 68 %

RBR Rubaare 70 %

RES Rukoni East 56 %

RGR Rugarama 60 %

RHM Ruhaama NWSC

RTC Rwashamaire TC NWSC

RTL Rubaare TC NWSC

RWK Rweikiniro 66 %

RWS Rukoni West 95 %

WDV Western DIV 88 %

Access to safe water is the ratio of people served by a safe water point and piped water supply to the total population.
The calculation is based on an estimated number of people per water point type. Maximum access rate can be 95%.

Access to Safe Water

20 %		60 %

	40 %		80 %

Total Access 77 %

Rural Access 79 %

Urban Access 59 %

BWN Bwongyera 95 %

CDV Central DIV 57 %

EDV Eastern DIV 95 %

IHN Ihunga 95 %

ITJ Itojo 95 %

KBT Kibatsi 95 %

KTC Kitwe TC 47 %

KYN Kayonza NWSC

NGM Ngoma 95 %

NTN Ntungamo 95 %

NYB Nyabihoko 95 %

NYK Nyakyera 68 %

RBR Rubaare 70 %

RES Rukoni East 56 %

RGR Rugarama 60 %

RHM Ruhaama NWSC

RTC Rwashamaire TC NWSC

RTL Rubaare TC NWSC

RWK Rweikiniro 66 %

RWS Rukoni West 95 %

WDV Western DIV 88 %

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 75 %

Urban Functionality 64 %

BWN Bwongyera 61 %

CDV Central DIV 72 %

EDV Eastern DIV 69 %

IHN Ihunga 72 %

ITJ Itojo 87 %

KBT Kibatsi 78 %

KTC Kitwe TC 14 %

KYN Kayonza NWSC

NGM Ngoma 78 %

NTN Ntungamo 78 %

NYB Nyabihoko 56 %

NYK Nyakyera 99 %

RBR Rubaare 77 %

RES Rukoni East 65 %

RGR Rugarama 88 %

RHM Ruhaama NWSC

RTC Rwashamaire TC NWSC

RTL Rubaare TC NWSC

RWK Rweikiniro 65 %

RWS Rukoni West 99 %

WDV Western DIV 85 %

Functionality is the ratio of functional water sources to all water sources. Sources not operating for five or more years are assumed to be abandoned, and hence are not included in the calculation.

People served per technology

Reasons for non-functionality

Type of Management

Source of Funding

District Water Supply Summary

Sub-County	Urban/ Rural	Population	Population Served	Access	Functionality			Point Water Sources																					Piped Water Systems
					Functionality			Protected springs			Shallow wells			Deep boreholes			Rainwater harvesting tanks			Dams			Valley tanks			PSP/Kiosk, Tap stands			YT	HH	IC	NWSC
					R	U	WfP	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	F	NF	Tot	YT	HH	IC	NWSC
Kajara
1 Kibatsi	Rural	23,860	22,667	95%	78%	-	-	55	13	68	19	6	25	7	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	8	39	-	-	-	No
2 Rwashamaire TC	Urban	9,427	NWSC	NWSC	-	86%	-	19	3	22	-	1	1	1	3	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	1	28	-	-	-	Yes
3 Ihunga	Rural	18,739	17,802	95%	72%	-	-	100	32	132	15	6	21	3	-	3	10	1	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	14	25	-	-	-	No
4 Nyabihoko	Rural	26,886	25,542	95%	56%	-	50%	72	32	104	15	26	41	1	4	5	1	2	3	-	-	-	1	1	2	46	43	89	-	-	-	No
5 Bwongyera	Rural	24,325	23,109	95%	61%	-	-	52	7	59	12	24	36	2	6	8	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	16	-	-	-	No
Total		103,237	98,075	95	66	86	50	298	87	385	61	63	124	14	17	31	16	4	20	0	0	0	1	1	2	121	76	197	0	0	0	No
RUHAAMA
1 Nyakyera	Rural	46,439	31,704	68%	99%	-	-	51	-	51	24	-	24	13	2	15	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	-	65	-	-	-	No
2 Rweikiniro	Rural	44,926	29,545	66%	65%	-	-	29	6	35	20	11	31	10	29	39	27	6	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	No
3 Ntungamo	Rural	38,175	36,266	95%	78%	-	-	100	13	113	25	5	30	33	13	46	16	5	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	15	27	-	-	-	No
4 Itojo	Rural	27,351	25,983	95%	87%	-	-	98	11	109	17	5	22	8	5	13	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	3	41	-	-	-	No
5 Rukoni West	Rural	20,717	19,681	95%	99%	-	-	28	-	28	22	1	23	23	-	23	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-	19	-	-	-	No
6 Kitwe TC	Urban	22,114	10,380	47%	-	14%	100%	1	5	6	2	12	14	-	14	14	3	2	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	No
7 Rukoni East	Rural	28,864	16,212	56%	65%	-	-	28	2	30	1	11	12	3	7	10	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	7	24	-	-	-	No
8 Ruhaama	Rural	31,309	NWSC	NWSC	58%	-	100%	22	7	29	14	15	29	7	17	24	6	1	7	-	-	-	2	-	2	17	7	24	-	-	-	Yes
Total		259,895	195,114	75	80	14	100	357	44	401	125	60	185	97	87	184	70	14	84	1	0	1	2	0	2	177	37	214	0	0	0	No
RUSHENYI
1 Ngoma	Rural	33,753	32,065	95%	78%	-	-	16	2	18	38	17	55	8	15	23	16	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	2	50	-	-	-	No
2 Rubaare TC	Urban	16,411	NWSC	NWSC	-	68%	-	3	-	3	4	2	6	1	4	5	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	Yes
3 Kayonza	Rural	33,869	NWSC	NWSC	72%	-	-	43	8	51	13	9	22	1	8	9	6	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	6	-	-	-	Yes
4 Rubaare	Rural	31,076	21,833	70%	77%	-	-	10	6	16	36	10	46	10	3	13	5	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	No
5 Rugarama	Rural	38,175	22,781	60%	88%	-	-	21	1	22	28	7	35	11	3	14	13	1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	1	24	-	-	-	No
Total		153,284	101,645	66	79	68	0	93	17	110	119	45	164	31	33	64	43	4	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	4	90	0	0	0	No
NTUNGAMO MC
1 Eastern DIV	Urban	6,983	6,634	95%	-	69%	-	7	5	12	2	2	4	5	1	6	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	5	550	30	63	No
2 Western DIV	Urban	6,401	5,650	88%	-	85%	-	11	3	14	5	-	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	7	-	-	-	No
3 Central DIV	Urban	9,427	5,400	57%	-	72%	-	15	3	18	1	1	2	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	No
Total		22,811	17,683	78	0	75	0	33	11	44	8	3	11	7	3	10	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3	14	550	30	63	No
District		539,227	412,517	77	75	64	80	781	159	940	313	171	484	149	140	289	131	22	153	1	0	1	3	1	4	395	120	515	550	30	63	No

F = Functional; NF = Non-Functional; Tot = Total; YT = Yard Tap; HH = Household Connections; IC = Institutional Connections

Piped Water Supply Systems

Type of Scheme/GFS	Number of Schemes	Functionality of System			Type of Management					WB in place
Type of Scheme/GFS	Number of Schemes	Functional	Non-Functional	Partially Functional	Private Operator	WSC	Private/Individual	NWSC	Other	Yes	No
Surface Water Based/Not GFS	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
Unknown/Not GFS	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Unknown/GFS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Groundwater based/Not GFS	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
Surface Water Based/GFS	17	13	1	3	0	7	0	1	0	8	0
Total	45	22	3	3	0	7	0	8	0	12	0

GFS = Gravity Flow Scheme; WB = Water Board; WSC = Water Source Committee

77%

75%

81

79%

90%

Population Density (people/km2) and Population

Access to Safe Water

Access to Safe Water

Functionality of Point Water Sources

People served per technology

Reasons for non-functionality

Type of Management

Source of Funding

District Water Supply Summary

Piped Water Supply Systems

77^%

75^%

79^%

90^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population