Water reuse in peri-urban areas: A case study of Kibondemaji, Dar es Salaam,Tanzania
2019 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
An increasing number of countries worldwide is becoming water-stressed, sub-Saharan Africa being one of the most recurrent regions within this discourse. Tanzania, one of the countries in the region, is no exception: large population growth has increased pressure on its precious water resources. The largest city, Dar es Salaam, has a poorly maintained and dimensioned water supply and wastewater system. However, as this system expands and more people are given access to the water network, the water consumption of the city is expected to increase. This is problematic for the whole city; however, peri-urban areas suffer the most from its consequences, e.g. periodical water shortages. This report seeks to investigate the potential for saving water in one of these peri-urban areas, Kibondemaji, by looking at fields of application and techniques for reuse of wastewater from showers. This is done via a literature review and interviews in the field in order to analyse and compare the different systems – reuse for tap water, irrigation and toilet flushing. The interviews showed that there is wide acceptance within the community for water reuse for toilet flushing but not for tap water or irrigation. Reuse for toilet flushing also requires less treatment than other fields of application, thus being the most promising technique for implementation in Kibondemaji.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 39
Series
TRITA-ABE-MBT ; 19244
Keywords [en]
Water reuse, peri-urban, areas, wastewater
National Category
Environmental Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-256017OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-256017DiVA, id: diva2:1343158
Supervisors
Examiners
2019-08-152019-08-152022-06-26Bibliographically approved