Soroti District

by July 26, 2024

The access rates in Soroti vary from 42 % in Aukot Sub-County to 95 % in Soroti Sub-County. Soroti has 1,092 domestic water points which serve a total of 288,122 people – 269,113 in rural areas. 152 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Soroti has 1 piped schemes.

Access

61^%

Rural Functionality

86^%

Equity

116

Management

89^%

Gender

88^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

WDV Western DIV 2,287

NDV Northern DIV 1,458

EDV Eastern DIV 7,801

ASR Asuret 374

Aukot Unknown

Ocokican Unknown

Awaliwal Unknown

Tubur Town Council Unknown

SRT Soroti 559

ARP Arapai 243

TBR Tubur 237

GWR Gweri 137

KMD Kamuda 269

KTN Katine 243

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 61 %

Rural Access 68 %

Urban Access 23 %

Aukot 42 %

Tubur Town Council NWSC

Awaliwal 59 %

Ocokican 95 %

ARP Arapai 51 %

ASR Asuret 49 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

GWR Gweri 65 %

KMD Kamuda 85 %

KTN Katine 95 %

NDV Northern DIV NWSC

SRT Soroti 95 %

TBR Tubur 71 %

WDV Western DIV 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 61 %

Rural Access 68 %

Urban Access 23 %

Aukot 42 %

Tubur Town Council NWSC

Awaliwal 59 %

Ocokican 95 %

ARP Arapai 51 %

ASR Asuret 49 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

GWR Gweri 65 %

KMD Kamuda 85 %

KTN Katine 95 %

NDV Northern DIV NWSC

SRT Soroti 95 %

TBR Tubur 71 %

WDV Western DIV NWSC

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 86 %

Urban Functionality 85 %

Aukot 87 %

Tubur Town Council NWSC

Awaliwal 99 %

Ocokican 88 %

ARP Arapai 81 %

ASR Asuret 90 %

EDV Eastern DIV NWSC

GWR Gweri 86 %

KMD Kamuda 80 %

KTN Katine 88 %

NDV Northern DIV NWSC

SRT Soroti 91 %

TBR Tubur 74 %

WDV Western DIV 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
SOROTI
1 Tubur Town Council	Urban	13,391	NWSC	NWSC	-	88%	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	13	3	16	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Tubur	Rural	31,408	22,415	71%	74%	-	-	14	5	19	3	2	5	43	14	57	2	1	3	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Gweri	Rural	33,355	21,792	65%	86%	-	-	3	-	3	12	2	14	51	5	56	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
4 Katine	Rural	46,868	44,525	95%	88%	-	33%	2	2	4	11	5	16	104	9	113	18	3	21	1	2	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
5 Asuret	Rural	66,102	32,483	49%	90%	-	-	7	3	10	27	3	30	66	5	71	6	1	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
6 Awaliwal	Rural	33,964	20,112	59%	99%	-	100%	6	-	6	9	-	9	53	1	54	2	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
7 Ocokican	Rural	14,243	13,531	95%	88%	-	-	6	1	7	14	1	15	37	4	41	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
8 Aukot	Rural	29,947	12,621	42%	87%	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	8	31	3	34	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
9 Kamuda	Rural	49,546	42,186	85%	80%	-	-	6	6	12	16	10	26	98	8	106	1	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	No
10 Soroti	Rural	33,599	31,919	95%	91%	-	100%	20	2	22	24	3	27	50	6	56	7	1	8	2	-	2	-	-	-	29	1	30	-	-	-	No
11 Arapai	Rural	54,050	27,530	51%	81%	-	100%	5	8	13	9	7	16	63	4	67	5	-	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
Total		406,473	274,149	67	86	85	60	71	31	102	134	34	168	644	65	709	57	21	78	5	4	9	1	0	1	34	1	35	0	0	0	No
SOROTI M.C
1 Western DIV	Urban	16,292	NWSC	NWSC	-	82%	50%	-	1	1	-	-	-	17	2	19	1	1	2	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Eastern DIV	Urban	25,817	NWSC	NWSC	-	84%	-	1	3	4	2	-	2	18	1	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
3 Northern DIV	Urban	26,318	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	5	37	Yes
Total		68,427	13,973	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55	5	37	No
District		474,900	288,122	61	86	85	60	71	31	102	134	34	168	644	65	709	57	21	78	5	4	9	1	0	1	34	1	35	55	5	37	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Unknown/Not GFS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

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

61%

86%

116

89%

88%

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

61^%

86^%

89^%

88^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population