Given various sources of water, the proportion of respondents using water from each
source is shown in Figure 4. There are 29% of households using rainwater and 20% of
households using water from the river or canal.
In terms of water uses, it is found from the survey that different sources of water were
used for different purposes. For example a household may use piped water for housework
and showering while bottled water is bought from vendors for drinking while water from
the river is taken for gardening. Figure 5 shows that water is mostly used for housework
such as cooking and cleaning with the highest proportion of respondents selecting this
use as the first rank (42% of respondents). Other than being used for housework,
respondents used water for gardening purposes more than drinking as a larger proportion
of respondents put gardening usage ahead of drinking.