Resident Population by Province

28. Proportions (in %) of dwelling units according to the main source of water supply

Table 28 : Proportions (in %) of dwelling units according to the main source of water supply by Province/City of residence
Main source of Water supply	KIGALI CITY	KIGALI NGALI	GITARAMA	BUTARE	GIKONGORO	CYANGUGU	KIBUYE	GISENYI	RUHENGERI	BYUMBA	UMUTARA	KIBUNGO	RWANDA
Total	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0	100,0
Piped water	64,2	21,0	10,1	8,2	9,8	21,5	17,0	29,1	29,5	18,2	32,9	28,3	23,7
Protected well/Spring	16,4	34,7	57,5	72,5	53,9	34,1	53,6	41,0	41,0	53,8	19,2	31,8	43,5
Unprotected well/spring	11,5	16,4	15,8	8,6	19,4	24,8	14,9	15,0	14,3	16,1	20,8	17,1	15,8
Rain water	0,0	0,1	0,0	0,0	0,0	0,0	0,0	2,5	1,5	0,1	1,3	0,1	0,5
River	2,8	8,2	6,2	4,6	6,7	9,2	8,3	5,7	6,3	8,0	13,0	6,1	6,8
Lake/stream/pond	2,8	18,5	9,3	5,2	9,0	9,4	5,1	5,9	6,4	2,7	11,5	15,5	8,5
Other	0,6	0,2	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,1	0,2	0,1	0,2
NS	1,6	1,0	0,9	0,9	0,9	0,9	0,9	0,9	1,0	0,9	1,2	1,0	1,0

The three main sources of water supply for the dwelling units in Rwanda are protected wells or springs (43.5%), pipe-borne water (23.7%) and unprotected wells or springs (15.8%). Some 64.2% of the dwelling units in Kigali City have access to pipe-borne water and another 16.4% to water from protected wells. Provinces with little access to pipe-borne water (Gitarama, Butare, Kibuye, Byumba, Gikongoro) compensate for this by having greater access to water from protected springs or wells. It is noteworthy that a significant proportion of households in Rwanda still depend on water from lakes, streams and other surface water sources (8.5%). This is quite common in the Provinces of Kigali Ngali (18.5%), Kibungo (15.5%) and Umutara (11.5%).

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