Analyzing Domestic Water Consumption in Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province- Pakistan
Keywords:
Water, Family Size, Income, Consumption, MappingAbstract
This article is an attempt to analyze the domestic water consumption in Wana, South Waziristan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. In this regard, a detailed questionnaire based survey was conducted using simple random techniques. Global Position System was also used to acquire location of sampling units. Area having high income groups and family size consume high amount of water. People having monthly income of less than 25000 PKR, consume 347 l/day and people having monthly income of 25,000-50,000 PKR consume 538 l/day. Similarly, people having monthly income of more than 50,000 PKR consume 749 l/day. The per capita consumption for small, medium and high-income group is 10, 22 and 48 l/day respectively. The total water consumption of small family, medium and large families’ sizes is 423,642 and 831 l/day and the per capita consumption for these families are 6.4, 11 and 20 l/day. This study highlights the consumption of water by the family size and the income groups in Wana, South Waziristan. People are consuming more water as a result, the groundwater is depleting rapidly.
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