Arua District

by September 29, 2023

The access rates in Arua vary from 50 % in Dadamu Sub-County to 95 % in Vurra Sub-County. Arua has 1,653 domestic water points which serve a total of 430,549 people – 369,029 in rural areas. 243 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Arua has 4 piped schemes.

Access

77^%

Rural Functionality

85^%

Equity

49

Management

95^%

Gender

76^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

LGR Logiri 232

VRR Vurra 450

AHL Arua Hill 3,456

ROL River Oli 16,918

ADM Adumi 600

ARI Aroi 808

DDM Dadamu 1,519

MNB Manibe 687

PJL Pajulu 1,254

OLK Oluko 519

AJA Ajia 101

ARV Arivu 213

AYV Ayivuni 612

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 77 %

Urban Access 79 %

ADM Adumi 83 %

AHL Arua Hill NWSC

AJA Ajia 70 %

ARI Aroi 71 %

ARV Arivu 92 %

AYV Ayivuni 75 %

DDM Dadamu 50 %

LGR Logiri 81 %

MNB Manibe 91 %

OLK Oluko 69 %

PJL Pajulu 73 %

ROL River Oli NWSC

VRR Vurra 95 %

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 77 %

Urban Access 79 %

ADM Adumi 83 %

AHL Arua Hill NWSC

AJA Ajia 70 %

ARI Aroi 71 %

ARV Arivu 92 %

AYV Ayivuni 75 %

DDM Dadamu 50 %

LGR Logiri 81 %

MNB Manibe 91 %

OLK Oluko 69 %

PJL Pajulu 73 %

ROL River Oli NWSC

VRR Vurra 95 %

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 85 %

Urban Functionality Unknown

ADM Adumi 91 %

AHL Arua Hill NWSC

AJA Ajia 83 %

ARI Aroi 82 %

ARV Arivu 95 %

AYV Ayivuni 86 %

DDM Dadamu 88 %

LGR Logiri 95 %

MNB Manibe 87 %

OLK Oluko 96 %

PJL Pajulu 78 %

ROL River Oli NWSC

VRR Vurra 95 %

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
ARUA M.C
1 Arua Hill	Urban	23,406	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 River Oli	Urban	54,809	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Total		78,215	61,520	79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	No
AYIVU
1 Adumi	Rural	38,931	32,430	83%	84%	-	-	111	3	114	4	4	8	16	5	21	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
2 Ayivuni	Rural	28,698	21,536	75%	85%	-	-	62	8	70	3	2	5	12	4	16	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Oluko	Rural	48,928	33,722	69%	88%	-	-	52	2	54	5	-	5	58	3	61	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	7	-	-	-	No
4 Manibe	Rural	37,049	33,648	91%	88%	-	-	73	2	75	7	-	7	29	13	42	5	3	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	No
5 Dadamu	Rural	51,986	25,980	50%	79%	-	-	42	5	47	5	2	7	38	4	42	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	No
6 Pajulu	Rural	76,215	55,752	73%	83%	-	-	118	33	151	6	2	8	57	12	69	13	5	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-	No
7 Aroi	Rural	30,815	21,924	71%	96%	-	-	49	10	59	3	3	6	18	3	21	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
Total		312,622	224,992	72	86	0	0	484	91	575	38	11	49	296	13	309	34	23	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	15	0	0	0	No
VURRA
1 Vurra	Rural	56,338	53,521	95%	90%	-	-	177	3	180	10	1	11	48	3	51	1	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
2 Logiri	Rural	47,399	38,286	81%	82%	-	-	123	3	126	10	2	12	18	1	19	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	No
3 Ajia	Rural	34,579	24,212	70%	86%	-	-	36	1	37	4	-	4	29	14	43	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
4 Arivu	Rural	30,580	28,018	92%	76%	-	-	31	1	32	14	1	15	39	4	43	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	18	-	-	-	No
Total		168,896	144,037	85	85	0	0	325	50	375	30	15	45	174	7	181	7	11	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	15	29	0	0	0	No
District		559,733	430,549	77	85	0	0	809	141	950	68	26	94	470	20	490	41	34	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	22	44	0	0	0	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/GFS	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Groundwater based/Not GFS	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Groundwater based/Unknown	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Unknown/Not GFS	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	7	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	1	2

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

77%

85%

49

95%

76%

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^%

85^%

95^%

76^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population