Students of Motilal Nehru Public School, India have done research on water crisis, sources of water, water pollution, govt policies on control of water pollution etc. of Sri Uganda

2. WATER CRISIS
Thousand of people in 36 of uganda’s 112 districts are at a risk of
serious water shortages due to drought attributed to the La Niña
weather phenomenon.
Health Hygiene
(Arising problems)
Health officials have warned of outbreaks of diseases such as
diarrhoea and dysentry, due to contaminated water.
The ministry has issued public alerts, warning of impending severe
water shortages and famine in parts of the country is headed for a
long period of drought.
Poor rainfall- Wells are already drying up in some of the 36 affected
districts forcing residents to walk along distance in search of water.

3. State of water crisis in Uganda
Without access to safe water, Uganda’s many farmers
struggle to grow crops or earn a living. There are also
many nomadic communities who are difficult to reach
with services. The lack of clean water and safe sanitation
traps them in poverty.
In urban areas, large slums exist without proper drainage
or toilets, leaving waste to gather in and around people’s
homes.

4. Water conservation strategy
Minimizing evaporation
and run-off and
increasing the water
holding capacity of the
soil are key strategies for
subsistence farmers’
training. However, water
security is not sufficient
on its own since crop
yields are steadily
declining, and
malnutrition is rife.
Techniques used include

5. Water sources in Uganda
As a whole, Uganda has more than
enough freshwater. However, the
distribution of the resource is uneven
both in spatial and temporal terms.
Furthermore, freshwater is increasingly
exploited through population growth,
urbanization, agriculture, and
industrialization.
The rivers, lakes and wetlands cover
about 18% of Uganda's total surface,
including Lake Victoria, Africa's largest
lake and one of the major sources of
the Nile River, the longest river of the
world. Almost the entire country lies
within the Nile basin. Rainfall
contributes most to the country's
surface and groundwater.

6. Access of water
Millions of pupils in
rural schools in Uganda
still struggle to access
water and sanitation
facilities.
The schools where such
pupils study from are
part of the over half of
the developing world’s
primary schools that do
not have access to
water and sanitation
facilities.

7. Current Water status
The Ugandan water supply and
sanitation sector has made substantial
progress in urban areas since the mid-
1990s, with substantial increases in
coverage as well as in operational and
commercial performance. Sector
reforms in the period 1998-2003
included the commercialization and
modernization of the National Water
and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)
operating in cities and larger towns, as
well as decentralization and private
sector participation in small towns.
These reforms have attracted
significant international attention.
However, 38% of the population still
had no access to an improved water
source.

8. Use of science and technology to
conserve water

9. Awareness Campaigns
Education initiatives, informative workshops
for communities and local stakeholders,
public awareness campaigns that use popular
media or other methods to highlight
particular water sustainability issues.
Raising awareness can contribute to more
efficient use of water resources, protection
of aquatic ecosystems, the development of
effective environmental and water
standards.
Just a Drop’s mission is to reduce child
mortality by delivering accessible, clean,
safe water where it is needed most.
The projects support communities through
the construction of wells, boreholes,
pipelines, hand pumps and establish health
and sanitation programmes for some of the
poorest and remotest regions in the world.