Lira District

by April 27, 2024

The access rates in Lira vary from 86 % in Amach Sub-County to 95 % in Adekokwok Sub-County. Lira has 1,694 domestic water points which serve a total of 472,553 people – 373,591 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 244

AGW Agweng 271

AMC Amach 266

NGT Ngetta 436

OGR Ogur 311

AGL Agali 243

ADK Adekokwok 577

ADV Adyel DIV 6,120

CDV Central DIV 2,712

ODV Ojwina DIV 6,284

RDV Railway DIV 1,668

BRR Barr 236

LRA Lira 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 90 %

Rural Access 94 %

Urban Access 77 %

ADK Adekokwok 95 %

ADV Adyel DIV NWSC

AGL Agali 95 %

AGW Agweng 95 %

AMC Amach 86 %

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 77 %

ADK Adekokwok 95 %

ADV Adyel DIV NWSC

AGL Agali 95 %

AGW Agweng 95 %

AMC Amach 86 %

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 79 %

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	41,743	NWSC	NWSC	84%	-	-	37	5	42	47	14	61	54	8	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Agali	Rural	31,935	30,338	95%	90%	-	-	42	7	49	47	5	52	33	2	35	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
3 Agweng	Rural	36,839	34,997	95%	88%	-	-	61	4	65	33	3	36	56	8	64	8	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	5	-	-	-	No
4 Ngetta	Rural	41,982	39,883	95%	90%	-	-	64	5	69	47	4	51	51	1	52	5	7	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	No
5 Amach	Rural	44,853	38,618	86%	79%	-	-	42	10	52	26	8	34	48	12	60	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
6 Adekokwok	Rural	51,671	49,087	95%	91%	-	-	78	1	79	54	6	60	47	5	52	9	2	11	-	1	1	-	-	-	5	4	9	-	-	-	No
7 Lira	Rural	45,690	43,406	95%	88%	-	-	39	3	42	83	10	93	43	5	48	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	-	-	-	No
8 Ogur	Rural	46,288	43,974	95%	87%	-	-	80	10	90	39	12	51	42	3	45	8	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	3	-	-	No
9 Barr	Rural	56,455	53,632	95%	82%	-	25%	95	22	117	57	7	64	61	6	67	1	13	14	1	3	4	-	-	-	2	-	2	7	-	1	No
Total		397,456	373,591	94	87	0	20	538	67	605	433	69	502	435	50	485	40	30	70	1	4	5	0	0	0	22	10	32	10	0	1	No
LIRA M.C
1 Central DIV	Urban	30,380	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
2 Railway DIV	Urban	7,416	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
3 Ojwina DIV	Urban	49,039	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
4 Adyel DIV	Urban	41,025	NWSC	NWSC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes
Total		127,860	98,962	77	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		525,316	472,553	90	87	0	20	538	67	605	433	69	502	435	50	485	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