Kabote Samwel J
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Heliyon. 2024 Mar 17;10(6):e28194. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28194. eCollection 2024 Mar 30.
This study investigates water accessibility challenges in urban and peri-urban areas and its implication to urban water governance in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania. A cross-sectional research design was adopted using a survey of 90 randomly selected households. The key informant interview was used to collect key information. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The Mann-Whitney Test was employed to establish the extent to which factors affected water accessibility differently in urban and peri-urban areas. Content analysis was used to analyse qualitative information. Approximately 69% of the respondents accessed water from public piped water system. Some accessed water from public water taps while others used private boreholes and tank carts. Water supply, more so in peri-urban areas, was not reliable. In addition, water leakage, cost of connecting to the public piped water system, cost for constructing a borehole, climatic and environmental factors piled up into challenges of water accessibility suggesting poor urban water governance. The Mann-Whitney Test showed that households in peri-urban areas were significantly affected by the challenges compared to households in urban areas at 5% level of significance where p = 0.000. The study concludes presence of challenges in water access due to multiple factors with implications on urban water governance. Therefore, urban water governance should be improved to heighten water accessibility. Further studies should focus on developing an urban water governance framework in Tanzania.
本研究调查了坦桑尼亚莫罗戈罗市城乡结合部地区的用水可及性挑战及其对城市水治理的影响。采用横断面研究设计，对90户随机抽取的家庭进行了调查。通过关键 informant 访谈收集关键信息。定量数据采用描述性统计进行分析。采用曼-惠特尼检验来确定各因素在城市和城乡结合部地区对用水可及性的影响程度差异。采用内容分析法对定性信息进行分析。约69% 的受访者通过公共管道供水系统获取用水。一些人从公共水龙头取水，而另一些人则使用私人钻孔井和水车。供水，尤其是在城乡结合部地区，并不可靠。此外，漏水、连接公共管道供水系统的成本、打井成本、气候和环境因素等都构成了用水可及性挑战，这表明城市水治理不善。曼-惠特尼检验表明，在5% 的显著性水平（p = 0.000）下，与城市地区的家庭相比，城乡结合部地区的家庭受这些挑战的影响更为显著。研究得出结论，由于多种因素，用水获取存在挑战，这对城市水治理产生了影响。因此，应改善城市水治理以提高用水可及性。进一步的研究应侧重于制定坦桑尼亚的城市水治理框架。
