Balakarzai, Abdul Tawab <br/><br/>
Assessment of domestic water consumption from a socioeconomic perspective in Kandahar, Afghanistan 

 - Pathum Thani, Thailand :  Asian Institute of Technology,  2010  
 - 88 leaves :  ill., maps 
 - Thesis ;  no. WM-09-02 .
 - Asian Institute of Technology.  Thesis ;  no. WM-09-02 .
<br/><br/> A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Water Engineering and Management 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2009 
<br/><br/> It is important to know and understand various factors affecting traditional domestic water consumption in a water-short city of Afghanistan which has a very low coverage of water supply  services.  The  objective  of  this  study  was  to  assess  domestic  water  consumption  from  a  socioeconomic  perspective  and  identify  the  most  vital  factors  affecting  the  water  consumption  at  household  level.  A  questionnaire  survey  was  implemented  in  Kandahar  City, Afghanistan. Two areas were selected, first one with access to the piped-water (PW) water  supply  and  the  other  area  which  has  no  access  to  the  PW  supply.  A  total  of  70  households  were  surveyed  with  a  distribution  of  32  in  the  first  category  and  38  for  the  second  category.  The  category  of  access  to  PW  was  divided  into  three  sub  categories,  namely   Only   PW   (piped-water),   PW+PTW   (piped-water   +   private   tube   well)   and   PW+PHP+Neb  (Piped-water  +  public  hand-pump  +  getting  water  from  the  neighbor).  Similarly, the category of without access to PW also contained three subcategories such as PTW  (private  tube  well),  SV  (street  vendor)  and  PHP+Neb  (public  hand-pump  +  getting  water from the neighbor). The data was analyzed using SPSS and Excel. From the results it was  obtained  that  household  income,  water  price,  household  size  and  access  to  adequate  source of water are the main factors influencing the water consumption at household level. The results also suggest that the domestic water is not affordable based on the bench marks of the World Bank and ADB for people who do not have access to PW. In addition, some secondary data was collected to assess the performance of the Central Authority for Water Supply and Sanitation (CAWSS), Kandahar. The data reveals poor quality of water supply management  due  to  lack  of  qualified  staff  in  various  aspects  of  infrastructure,  financial,  technical and managerial components of the utility.   
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Water consumption--Evaluation--Afghanistan--Kandahar<br/>Residential water consumption--Evaluation--Afghanistan--Kandahar