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Water supply Management and Sustainability in Afgoi district, Somalia.

Presenter: Eng. Abdullahi Mohamed Sheikh Ali.

Department of Civil Engineering, Assistant lecturer college of Engineering and Technology, Abrar University.

Mogadishu, Somalia.

Mobile/ WhatsApp: +252615762605 / Email: marwaanka9@gmail.com

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Presentation Outline

Introduction

Problem statement

Objectives

Materials And Methods

Results

Conclusion

Recommendation

Acknowledgement

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Introduction:

Why is water important?

Water is a basic need and human right of people. People need water for various domestic purposes like drinking, cooking, sanitation, and irrigation. People also need water for other diversified livelihoods including livestock, the water in our bodies is essential for life.

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Cont…

Water is the most essential nutrient for livestock production and is needed for numerous processes, such as the regulation of body, temperature, growth, etc.
There are many water sources in this global world and these water sources are rainwater, seas, rivers, and wells.

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Cont…

Generally, Somalia is situated in the Horn of Africa and has a total area of 637657 km2. It shares the border with Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, and also Somalia has an arid and semi-arid climate.

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Being located in an extremely water-scarce area, the environmental, social, and economic development of Somalia is to a large extent dependent Water on improved water security through effective management of water resources. Water resources in Somalia are limited both in quantity and quality, with frequent droughts and floods further worsening the water security situation in the country.

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Problem statement

The civil war in Somalia that erupted in 1990 has destroyed the major water resources infrastructures including boreholes. Some people and organizations have assisted with restoring water resources in some areas of Somalia. However, data on the water resources of the country are dispersed and missing over a period of many years. Hence, this study aims to avail some data on water management and sustainability in Afgoi district, Somalia.

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Objectives

Overall Objective
The aim of this study to assess water supply management and sustainability in Afgoi district, also to investigate the community contributions for water source protection and maintenance, and institutional approaches followed to enhance the sustainability of water supply.

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Materials

Study area: Lower Shebelle is an administrative region in southern Somalia that is named after the Shebelle River which emerges from the eastern Ethiopian highlands and passes for 150 kilometers. The region covers an area of around 29,761 sq. km and it is bordered to the south by the Juba region, to the east by the Indian Ocean and Mogadishu, the Middle Shebelle region to the north, and the Bay region to the west, The region comprises eight districts.

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Cont…

It has an estimated population of 800,000 to 900,000, the population is classified under four categories; nomadic agricultural, agricultural, nomadic, and urban sedentary.

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Lower Shebelle is thereby the most populated region in Somalia after Benadir (Mogadishu and the surrounding area); Afgoi is a town in the south-western region of Somalia, about 30 kilometers west of the capital Mogadishu. Afgoi is popular for its wonderful beauty and the ancient traditions of Somalia; Where major water supply schemes were constructed and others under construction by partners that involve international and local NGOs.

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Many of these communities are depending on the water of river Shebelle and they don’t get enough adequate and sustainable drinking water for their daily use during the dry seasons of Somalia, also the water is not good in the wet seasons for various domestic purposes, and also they don’t have enough water treatment systems that provide them safe drinking water.

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Cont…

This is study was conducted in Afgoi, lower Shebelle in Somalia and we took Five water samples from different wells Tadamun/Hawa tako well, Maskaxey well, Tadamun/If & akhiro well, Dudublaha well and Wanjel well; and this study area was selected purposively.

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Afgoi Map

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Methods

The ‘usual’ key informant interviews and questionnaire had conducted. And the fieldwork for the study was conducted between the 27th of March to the 10th of April 2019 and covered five wells study areas of the Afgoi district (Hawa tako, If & Akhiro, Dudublaha, Maskaxey, and Wanjel) of lower Shebelle.

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Data collection methods

The functionality of water supplies was assessed by questionnaires and field observations. The Questionnaires were also completed with study area experts concerning water supply assessment and their technical support. To understand the realities of the water supply system field visits were conducted.

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Method of data analysis

Experimental tests were used in this study by analyzing the Samples such as bacterial contamination (total coliform), physicochemical parameters (PH, turbidity, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, smell, and color) in the Mumtaz engineering laboratory in Mogadishu.

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Water samples

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Results

To ensure the safety of the water for human domestic uses the researcher took Samples from the water sources of the study area and were analyzed them in Mumtaz engineering laboratory, Mogadishu.

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Laboratory result for Hawa tako well (water use: drinking W.H.O)

Parameter	Unit	Symbol	Result	Guide High	low	Optimum	High
PH	………	PH	5.87	8.50
Electrical conductivity	ms cm-1	EC	1490	<5000
Coliforms	CFU	CFU	absent	OCFU/1OOml
Free chlorine	mg/L	CL	0.1	<0.2
Total dissolved solids	ppm	TDS	750	<2500
Turbidity	NTU	TBU	5	≤ 5
Odor	………	……..	Unobjectionable
Colour	………	………	Unobjectionable