Maracha District

by May 15, 2025

The access rates in Maracha vary from 29 % in Oleba Sub-County to 95 % in Nyadri Sub-County. Maracha has 934 domestic water points which serve a total of 188,586 people – 144,236 in rural areas. 210 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Maracha has 3 piped schemes.

Access

76^%

Rural Functionality

78^%

Equity

87

Management

88^%

Gender

97^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

AGAII T.C Unknown

AJIRA Unknown

ALIKUA Unknown

AWIZIRU Unknown

DRAMBU Unknown

NYADRI SOUTH Unknown

OBIBA Unknown

OKOKORO T.C Unknown

OLEBA T.C Unknown

OVUJO T.C Unknown

PARANGA Unknown

KJM Kijomoro 182

MTC Maracha TC 789

NYD Nyadri 460

OLB Oleba 199

OLF Olufee 396

OLV Oluvu 173

TRA Tara 348

YVU Yivu 262

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 76 %

Rural Access 77 %

Urban Access 73 %

AGAII T.C 82 %

AJIRA 83 %

ALIKUA 87 %

AWIZIRU 95 %

DRAMBU 95 %

NYADRI SOUTH 81 %

OBIBA 78 %

OKOKORO T.C 79 %

OLEBA T.C 32 %

OVUJO T.C 95 %

PARANGA 95 %

KJM Kijomoro 71 %

MTC Maracha TC 95 %

NYD Nyadri 95 %

OLB Oleba 29 %

OLF Olufee 68 %

OLV Oluvu 54 %

TRA Tara 91 %

YVU Yivu 85 %

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 76 %

Rural Access 77 %

Urban Access 73 %

AGAII T.C 82 %

AJIRA 83 %

ALIKUA 87 %

AWIZIRU 95 %

DRAMBU 95 %

NYADRI SOUTH 81 %

OBIBA 78 %

OKOKORO T.C 79 %

OLEBA T.C 32 %

OVUJO T.C 95 %

PARANGA 95 %

KJM Kijomoro 71 %

MTC Maracha TC 95 %

NYD Nyadri 95 %

OLB Oleba 29 %

OLF Olufee 68 %

OLV Oluvu 54 %

TRA Tara 91 %

YVU Yivu 85 %

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 78 %

Urban Functionality 77 %

AGAII T.C 87 %

AJIRA 81 %

ALIKUA 80 %

AWIZIRU 88 %

DRAMBU 67 %

NYADRI SOUTH 74 %

OBIBA 84 %

OKOKORO T.C 82 %

OLEBA T.C 80 %

OVUJO T.C 75 %

PARANGA 78 %

KJM Kijomoro 73 %

MTC Maracha TC 71 %

NYD Nyadri 85 %

OLB Oleba 67 %

OLF Olufee 60 %

OLV Oluvu 87 %

TRA Tara 88 %

YVU Yivu 68 %

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
MARACHA
1 Maracha TC	Urban	11,152	10,594	95%	-	71%	-	11	11	22	3	2	5	6	2	8	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	9	57	49	1	10	No
2 OLEBA T.C	Urban	14,794	4,718	32%	-	80%	-	1	3	4	1	-	1	12	-	12	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Kijomoro	Rural	12,746	9,012	71%	73%	-	-	11	4	15	5	2	7	11	2	13	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
4 AJIRA	Rural	7,852	6,509	83%	81%	-	-	7	3	10	3	-	3	7	1	8	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	No
5 AGAII T.C	Urban	10,242	8,418	82%	-	87%	-	21	3	24	3	-	3	7	2	9	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
6 OKOKORO T.C	Urban	15,932	12,512	79%	-	82%	-	32	5	37	2	-	2	11	4	15	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
7 Nyadri	Rural	15,363	14,595	95%	85%	-	-	35	6	41	7	2	9	16	4	20	7	1	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	No
8 NYADRI SOUTH	Rural	10,356	8,400	81%	74%	-	-	16	5	21	2	-	2	8	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
9 Yivu	Rural	18,094	15,445	85%	68%	-	-	19	10	29	3	1	4	21	7	28	4	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
10 Oluvu	Rural	11,949	6,512	54%	87%	-	-	18	1	19	1	1	2	6	1	7	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
11 OBIBA	Rural	17,639	13,736	78%	84%	-	-	35	2	37	9	1	10	8	3	11	2	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
12 DRAMBU	Rural	7,283	6,919	95%	67%	-	-	8	3	11	2	1	3	12	4	16	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
13 Oleba	Rural	16,729	4,812	29%	67%	-	-	6	3	9	2	1	3	6	1	7	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
14 OVUJO T.C	Urban	8,535	8,108	95%	-	75%	-	17	6	23	4	-	4	10	2	12	2	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	202	-	16	No
15 Olufee	Rural	23,101	15,824	68%	60%	-	-	24	22	46	2	1	3	14	5	19	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
16 Tara	Rural	15,022	13,718	91%	88%	-	-	9	1	10	6	1	7	30	2	32	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
17 PARANGA	Rural	4,324	4,108	95%	78%	-	-	9	5	14	3	-	3	13	2	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
18 ALIKUA	Rural	15,704	13,618	87%	80%	-	-	15	2	17	3	-	3	24	7	31	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
19 AWIZIRU	Rural	11,608	11,028	95%	88%	-	-	28	2	30	3	-	3	17	5	22	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
Total		248,425	188,586	76	78	77	0	322	97	419	64	13	77	239	58	297	32	33	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	9	76	251	1	26	No
District		248,425	188,586	76	78	77	0	322	97	419	64	13	77	239	58	297	32	33	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	9	76	251	1	26	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
Groundwater based/Not GFS	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Surface Water Based/GFS	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Unknown/Not GFS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0

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

76%

78%

87

88%

97%

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

76^%

78^%

88^%

97^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population