Impact of solid waste disposal on sanitation standards and water sources in Mbale Municipality, Eastern Uganda
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2014-08
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Kampala International University, School of Engineering and Applied Science
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This piece of work includes information on the impacts of solid waste disposal on sanitation and water standards of Mbale municipality. Despite the fact that Mbale was considered one of the cleanest towns in East Africa in 1960s (URN Report), It’s now a shadow of its formal self. This has been majorly attributed to the poor solid wastes disposal which has affected the sanitation and water standards of the municipality. Poor polices, lack of funds, low staffing, ignorance, Namong others have led to poor management of wastes which in turn have resulted into poor health. This research therefore was aimed at establishing the different means of solid waste disposal and their effect on sanitation and water standards of the people of Mbale municipality. This was achieved through checklist/ observation, questionnaires, and interview guides. It was observed that most of the wastes in Mbale municipality are not collected due to lack of funds, low staffing. corruption, reluctance of the masses and poverty among others which has resulted in poor sanitation. Low water supply has also affected the sanitary activities in the municipality especially in Namatala zone in industrial information, It was upon this background that the researcher sought to provide some solution in the conclusion which included; the residents should be trained and sensitized in the field of solid wastes from the point of generation, collection, transport and disposal, there should be an increase in the funds allocated to the department of solid wastes so as to increase on the number of workers for efficiency, the workers in the department should be provided with protective gears against diseases related to sanitation, there should be fines levied on the people who carelessly dump wastes around the skips and on the streets among others.
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management of Kampala International University
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Solid waste disposal, Sanitation, Water sources, Mbale Municipality, Eastern Uganda