Ministry of Water & Environment
Appropriate Technology Center
Appropriate Technology Center
Discover adaptation technologies and challenges in Amuru district.
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| Technology | Category | Sub Category | Location | Capital Cost | Status | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic water supply | Water | - | 24M | Working | ||
| PWS | Water | - | 300M | Working | ||
| SW | Water | - | 8M | Review | ||
| PS | Water | - | 5M | Review | ||
| RWHT | Water | - | 2-10M | Review | ||
|
Domestic water treatment/purification
a sand container containing graded sand is provided, a tap for drawing the water... |
Water | - | 150k | Review | ||
|
Chlorination
at source dosing, online dsoing with calculated machines... |
Water | - | 200000 | Review |
| Challenge | Category | Locations | About | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| poverty level in the community is high heance hard to climb up the sanitation ladder in most parts of the district attutudes to change | Sanitation | No location specified | - | |
| Collapsible soil formation | Water | Amuru | - | |
| Collapsing soil formation in areas | Sanitation | Lamogi Pabbo | - | |
| Cultural norms affecting adoption of new technolgies such as ecosan pouring ash on feaces is a taboo | Sanitation | No location specified | - | |
| Emptying transposrtaion and disposal of feacal sludge is expensive since the services | Sanitation | No location specified | - | |
| High iron and manganese content | Water | Amuru TC Atiak Lamogi | - | |
| High usage of herbicides | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| High water table areas making construction difficult | Sanitation | Elegu Lamogi | - | |
| Illegal disposal of fecal sludge | Sanitation | No location specified | - | |
| Illegal dumping of waste | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| Illegal lumbering | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| Infiltration of poor materials in the market-pipes for rehabiltation | Water | No location specified | - | |
| K of garbage skips/trucks | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| Limited access to quality sanitation materials | Sanitation | Amuru Atiak Pabbo | - | |
| Limited funding to aid sanitation | Sanitation | No location specified | - | |
| Low ground water potential | Water | Atiak Pabbo | - | |
| No gazetted land fills for dumping | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| Poor road network making drilling and rehabilitation difficult especially during rainy season | Water | No location specified | - | |
| Rampant chacoal burning/business | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| Scattered settlements | Water | No location specified | - | |
| Uncontrolled bush burning | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| Uncoordinated enforcement of the environmental laws | Environment | No location specified | - | |
| Wetland degradation/encroachment | Environment | No location specified | - |
| NGO Name | Technology | Areas of Operation | Steps Followed | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amref | Incinerators, placenta pit, soak pits, refuse pits | Atiak, Pabbo, Lamogi, Amuru... | Advocacy,mobilization and sensitization, signing of the MOU, sharing the workpla... | |
| Amref Health Africa | DBHs, , | Lamogi subcounty... | MoU with district, sharing of workplans, advocacy, stakeholder meetings, joint m... | |
| AMREF-Health Africa | Lined VIP, Sanplats for improving traditional pit latrines | Lamogi, Amuru, Pabbo and Atiak... | Consultation with the district, collection of data for proposal writing, MOU si... |