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Survey of water use behaviour in rural North Ghana
Author(s) -
Kendie Stephen B.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
natural resources forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1477-8947
pISSN - 0165-0203
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1992.tb00558.x
Subject(s) - borehole , water source , water resource management , human settlement , rural settlement , informal settlements , environmental science , geography , environmental planning , water infrastructure , rural area , environmental protection , business , socioeconomics , water supply , environmental engineering , economic growth , geology , economics , medicine , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , pathology
Evaluation research of rural water projects has not paid much attention to examining the extent to which intended beneficiaries actually utilized the new water points for drinking purposes. This paper presents a survey of water use patterns in a rural district of Ghana to find out the source(s) of water for drinking both at home and when on the farm. Because farms are at a considerable distance from the settlements where the boreholes are located, the use of borehole water when on the farm provides a good standard with which to evaluate community education components of the water programmes.