Lira District

by September 29, 2023

The access rates in Lira vary from 87 % in Amach Sub-County to 95 % in Adekokwok Sub-County. Lira has 1,693 domestic water points which serve a total of 467,848 people – 368,886 in rural areas. 226 water points have been non-functional for over 5 years and are considered abandoned. Lira has 4 piped schemes.

Access

90^%

Rural Functionality

87^%

Equity

19

Management

95^%

Gender

90^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population

50		250		1,000		2,000

	100		500		1,500

ARM Aromo 241

AGW Agweng 267

AMC Amach 262

NGT Ngetta 430

OGR Ogur 306

AGL Agali 240

ADK Adekokwok 569

ADV Adyel DIV 6,034

CDV Central DIV 2,674

ODV Ojwina DIV 6,196

RDV Railway DIV 1,645

BRR Barr 233

LRA Lira 603

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 90 %

Rural Access 94 %

Urban Access 79 %

ADK Adekokwok 95 %

ADV Adyel DIV NWSC

AGL Agali 95 %

AGW Agweng 95 %

AMC Amach 87 %

ARM Aromo NWSC

BRR Barr 95 %

CDV Central DIV NWSC

LRA Lira 95 %

NGT Ngetta 95 %

ODV Ojwina DIV NWSC

OGR Ogur 95 %

RDV Railway 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 90 %

Rural Access 94 %

Urban Access 79 %

ADK Adekokwok 95 %

ADV Adyel DIV NWSC

AGL Agali 95 %

AGW Agweng 95 %

AMC Amach 87 %

ARM Aromo NWSC

BRR Barr 95 %

CDV Central DIV NWSC

LRA Lira 95 %

NGT Ngetta 95 %

ODV Ojwina DIV NWSC

OGR Ogur 95 %

RDV Railway DIV NWSC

Functionality of Point Water Sources

60 %		80 %

	70 %		90 %

Rural Functionality 87 %

Urban Functionality Unknown

ADK Adekokwok 91 %

ADV Adyel DIV NWSC

AGL Agali 90 %

AGW Agweng 88 %

AMC Amach 77 %

ARM Aromo NWSC

BRR Barr 82 %

CDV Central DIV NWSC

LRA Lira 88 %

NGT Ngetta 90 %

ODV Ojwina DIV NWSC

OGR Ogur 87 %

RDV Railway 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
ERUTE
1 Aromo	Rural	41,157	NWSC	NWSC	84%	-	-	37	5	42	47	14	61	50	8	58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Agali	Rural	31,487	29,913	95%	90%	-	-	42	7	49	47	5	52	32	2	34	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Agweng	Rural	36,322	34,506	95%	88%	-	-	61	4	65	33	3	36	55	8	63	8	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	5	-	-	-	No
4 Ngetta	Rural	41,392	39,322	95%	90%	-	-	64	5	69	44	4	48	45	1	46	5	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	No
5 Amach	Rural	44,223	38,618	87%	79%	-	-	42	10	52	26	8	34	35	12	47	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
6 Adekokwok	Rural	50,944	48,397	95%	91%	-	-	78	1	79	54	6	60	44	5	49	9	2	11	-	1	1	-	-	-	5	4	9	-	-	-	No
7 Lira	Rural	45,048	42,796	95%	88%	-	-	39	3	42	83	10	93	42	5	47	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	-	-	-	No
8 Ogur	Rural	45,638	43,356	95%	87%	-	-	80	10	90	39	13	52	41	3	44	8	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	No
9 Barr	Rural	55,662	52,879	95%	82%	-	25%	95	22	117	57	7	64	60	6	66	1	13	14	1	3	4	-	-	-	2	-	2	7	-	1	No
Total		391,873	368,886	94	87	0	20	538	67	605	433	69	502	434	50	484	40	30	70	1	4	5	0	0	0	22	10	32	10	0	1	No
LIRA M.C
1 Central DIV	Urban	29,953	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Railway DIV	Urban	7,311	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
3 Ojwina DIV	Urban	48,350	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
4 Adyel DIV	Urban	40,449	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Total		126,063	98,962	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
District		517,936	467,848	90	87	0	20	538	67	605	433	69	502	434	50	484	40	30	70	1	4	5	0	0	0	22	10	32	10	0	1	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	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Surface Water Based/Not GFS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Groundwater based/Not GFS	9	2	7	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
Total	14	3	8	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0

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

90%

87%

19

95%

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

90^%

87^%

95^%

90^%

Population Density (people/km²) and Population