Oyam District

by May 15, 2025

The access rates in Oyam vary from 41 % in Oyam TC Sub-County to 95 % in Abok Sub-County. Oyam has 1,182 domestic water points which serve a total of 316,761 people – 264,251 in rural areas. 213 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Oyam has 2 piped schemes.

Access

59^%

Rural Functionality

82^%

Equity

114

Management

97^%

Gender

100^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

ABK Abok 169

ALK Aleka 308

KMD Kamdini 284

NGI Ngai 211

ACB Acaba 217

LRO Loro 225

MYN Myene 196

MNK Minakulu 94

ICM Iceme 160

OTC Oyam TC 328

ABR Aber 166

Iceme TC Unknown

Kamdini TC Unknown

Loro TC Unknown

OTW Otwal 248

Minakulu TC Unknown

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 59 %

Rural Access 63 %

Urban Access 43 %

Kamdini TC NWSC

Loro TC NWSC

Iceme TC NWSC

ABK Abok 95 %

ABR Aber 59 %

ACB Acaba 66 %

ALK Aleka 69 %

ICM Iceme 91 %

KMD Kamdini 42 %

LRO Loro 49 %

MNK Minakulu 48 %

MYN Myene 49 %

NGI Ngai 76 %

OTC Oyam TC 41 %

OTW Otwal 68 %

Minakulu TC NWSC

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 59 %

Rural Access 63 %

Urban Access 43 %

Kamdini TC NWSC

Loro TC NWSC

Iceme TC NWSC

ABK Abok 95 %

ABR Aber 59 %

ACB Acaba 66 %

ALK Aleka 69 %

ICM Iceme 91 %

KMD Kamdini 42 %

LRO Loro 49 %

MNK Minakulu 48 %

MYN Myene 49 %

NGI Ngai 76 %

OTC Oyam TC 41 %

OTW Otwal 68 %

Minakulu TC NWSC

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 82 %

Urban Functionality 80 %

Kamdini TC NWSC

Loro TC NWSC

Iceme TC NWSC

ABK Abok 81 %

ABR Aber 91 %

ACB Acaba 91 %

ALK Aleka 80 %

ICM Iceme 86 %

KMD Kamdini 82 %

LRO Loro 71 %

MNK Minakulu 71 %

MYN Myene 81 %

NGI Ngai 88 %

OTC Oyam TC 78 %

OTW Otwal 78 %

Minakulu TC NWSC

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
OYAM
1 Oyam TC	Urban	15,337	6,256	41%	-	78%	-	1	1	2	3	1	4	14	1	15	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	No
2 Acaba	Rural	36,713	24,330	66%	91%	-	-	3	-	3	29	3	32	46	1	47	1	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Loro	Rural	66,422	32,424	49%	71%	-	-	4	2	6	31	18	49	46	9	55	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
4 Loro TC	Urban	19,081	NWSC	NWSC	-	75%	-	1	1	2	19	4	23	22	3	25	1	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	Yes
5 Minakulu TC	Urban	31,921	NWSC	NWSC	-	83%	-	13	2	15	9	3	12	33	6	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
6 Otwal	Rural	34,056	23,286	68%	78%	-	-	19	5	24	19	3	22	33	6	39	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
7 Minakulu	Rural	21,617	10,406	48%	71%	-	-	5	2	7	4	3	7	18	5	23	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
8 Iceme	Rural	40,698	36,998	91%	86%	-	-	52	9	61	26	2	28	51	3	54	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
9 Ngai	Rural	37,800	28,906	76%	88%	-	-	32	3	35	25	2	27	38	7	45	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	No
10 Myene	Rural	35,988	17,612	49%	81%	-	-	7	3	10	16	6	22	29	1	30	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
11 Kamdini	Rural	39,008	16,306	42%	82%	-	-	4	1	5	18	7	25	25	1	26	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
12 Kamdini TC	Urban	24,153	NWSC	NWSC	-	91%	-	2	2	4	10	-	10	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	134	-	-	Yes
13 Aleka	Rural	38,645	26,500	69%	80%	-	-	10	4	14	26	7	33	38	8	46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
14 Iceme TC	Urban	31,279	NWSC	NWSC	-	75%	-	7	2	9	5	3	8	6	-	6	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	Yes
15 Abok	Rural	22,825	21,684	95%	81%	-	-	23	3	26	17	6	23	31	7	38	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
16 Aber	Rural	43,597	25,800	59%	91%	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	20	64	2	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
Total		539,140	316,761	59	82	80	0	183	40	223	271	74	345	501	60	561	3	37	40	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	2	13	134	0	0	No
District		539,140	316,761	59	82	80	0	183	40	223	271	74	345	501	60	561	3	37	40	0	0	0	0	1	1	11	2	13	134	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
Unknown/Not GFS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Groundwater based/Not GFS	9	8	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
Total	11	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0

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

59%

82%

114

97%

100%

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

59^%

82^%

97^%

100^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population