A Hybrid Model for Achieving Universal Safe Drinking Water in the Medium-Sized City of Bangangté (Cameroon)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. An Overview of Bangangté
3. Drinking Water Supply System in Bangangté from the Colonial Period to 1980
4. Drinking Water Supply System in Bangangté from 1980 to 2020
5. Achieving the SDG 6.1 in Bangangté
6. Concluding Remarks
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Years | Production (m3) | Distribution (m3) | Loss (m3) | Production Deficit Due to Power Cut (m3) | Number of Active Customers | Number of Customers Served 24/24 H |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | 292,408 | 185,257 | 107,151 | |||
2006 | 385,875 | 212,032 | 173,843 | |||
2007 | 442,381 | 204,914 | 237,467 | |||
2008 | 419,647 | 202,130 | 217,517 | |||
2009 | 323,621 | 222,381 | 101,240 | 2658 | ||
2010 | 290,202 | 198,986 | 91,216 | 81,338 | 2418 | |
2011 | 293,212 | 198,275 | 94,937 | 43,501 | 2569 | 414 |
2012 | 246,996 | 177,783 | 69,213 | 52,205 | 2672 | 519 |
2013 | 210,747 | 158,955 | 51,792 | 62,718 | 2693 | 539 |
2014 | 338,442 | 195,171 | 143,271 | 82,532 | 2600 | 578 |
2015 | 261,487 | 191,704 | 69,783 | 111,344 | 2688 | 513 |
2016 | 313,893 | 219,837 | 94,056 | 62,863 | 2939 | 792 |
2017 | 523,878 | 294,404 | 229,474 | 114,401 | 3004 | 1856 |
2018 | 415,748 | 230,206 | 185,542 | 56,055 | 3066 | 1928 |
Urban Area of Bangangté | Total | ||||||
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Nyamjeu | Mba | Mfeutom | Batéla | ||||
Main mode of drinking water Supply | Water Network | Number | 10 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
Ratio (%) | 34.5 | 3.4 | 24.1 | 37.9 | 100.0 | ||
Spring | Number | 53 | 80 | 16 | 0 | 149 | |
Ratio (%) | 35.6 | 53.7 | 10.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | ||
Well | Number | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
Ratio (%) | 71.4 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 100.0 | ||
Borehole | Number | 33 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 42 | |
Ratio (%) | 78.6 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 0.0 | 100.0 | ||
Others | Number | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Ratio (%) | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 100.0 | ||
Total | Number | 102 | 85 | 30 | 14 | 231 | |
Ratio (%) | 44.2 | 36.8 | 13.0 | 6.1 | 100.0 |
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Nya, E.L.; Feumba, R.; Fotsing Kwetché, P.R.; Gwenzi, W.; Noubactep, C. A Hybrid Model for Achieving Universal Safe Drinking Water in the Medium-Sized City of Bangangté (Cameroon). Water 2021, 13, 3177. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223177
Nya EL, Feumba R, Fotsing Kwetché PR, Gwenzi W, Noubactep C. A Hybrid Model for Achieving Universal Safe Drinking Water in the Medium-Sized City of Bangangté (Cameroon). Water. 2021; 13(22):3177. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223177
Chicago/Turabian StyleNya, Esther Laurentine, Roger Feumba, Pierre René Fotsing Kwetché, Willis Gwenzi, and Chicgoua Noubactep. 2021. "A Hybrid Model for Achieving Universal Safe Drinking Water in the Medium-Sized City of Bangangté (Cameroon)" Water 13, no. 22: 3177. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13223177