To browse Academia. Studies on urban water supply service improvements continue to draw interest across the world. The pressure on freshwater resources is increasing in every region in the face of an increasing demand and climate change dynamics. Langata sub County in Nairobi city, Kenya faces drought induced water shortage and households rely on water vending and bottled water purchases to augment the inadequate municipal water supplies.
Little to our knowledge has been done to assess the cost implication of such a practice here. So the study used household survey method to collect monthly households' water bills comprising; utility company, water tanker delivery and bottled water purchase from a randomly sampled households spread within the five wards; Karen, South C, Mugumoini, Nairobi West and Nyayo Highrise.
The gated communities identified are Simple stochastic analysis of the data was done after data cleaning using MS Excel. It was found that the municipal water serves up to Water tanker delivery meets 8. The bottled water purchases serve 0. The water supply deficit which is a mere 8. This means that the households pay more than two and a half times extra above the utility bill per month. The study recommends a new water policy that will incorporate the role of water vendors operated on a cooperative model by the gated communities using standard guidelines.
How to cite this paper: Ochungo, E. In the past one hundred years, the population has tripled while the global demand for water use has increased six-fold. Today; more than 1 billion people lack safe drinking water [1]. Part of these victims are the , residents of Langata sub County within Nairobi; the capital city of Kenya.
On the other days, households here depend on water stored in tanks or on alternatives whose cost burden is deemed too heavy on them in the long run. Water supply insecurity in cities is attributed to two main stressors; climate change and population growth [3].
