Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023)
Articles

Analyzing Domestic Water Consumption in Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province- Pakistan

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  • Saddam Hussain,
  • Shakeel Mahmood
Shakeel Mahmood
Department of Geography, Governemnt College University Lahore

Published 2023-03-24

Keywords

  • Water,
  • Family Size,
  • Income,
  • Consumption,
  • Mapping

How to Cite

Hussain, S. ., & Mahmood, S. (2023). Analyzing Domestic Water Consumption in Wana, South Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province- Pakistan. Advanced Geomatics, 3(1), 16–22. Retrieved from https://publish.mersin.edu.tr/index.php/geomatics/article/view/678

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Abstract

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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