Table 3 Drinking water sources and home water handling among households in DHDSS sites, Dabat, northwest Ethiopia, October to December 2014
Variables | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Water sources (multiple sources) | ||
 Tap water | 1683 | 20.48 |
 Protected spring | 851 | 10.35 |
 Protected well | 750 | 9.13 |
 Unprotected spring | 3409 | 41.48 |
 Unprotected well | 95 | 1.16 |
 River | 1789 | 21.77 |
Condition of drinking water sources | ||
 Unprotected | 4979 | 60.58 |
 Protected | 3240 | 39.42 |
Time taken to collect water (round trip) | ||
 < 30 min | 6067 | 73.82 |
 > 30 min | 2152 | 26.18 |
Volume of water collected | ||
 < 20 l/p/d | 8070 | 98.19 |
 > 20 l/p/d | 149 | 1.81 |
Type of water storage container | ||
 Narrow mouthed | 7071 | 86.03 |
 Wide mouthed | 1148 | 13.97 |
Home-based water treatment | ||
 Yes | 679 | 8.26 |
 No | 7540 | 91.74 |
Home-based water treatment methods (multiple methods) (n = 679) | ||
 Boiling | 120 | 17.67 |
 Chlorination | 68 | 10.01 |
 Cloth filtration | 67 | 9.87 |
 Sand or clay filtration | 40 | 5.89 |
 Sedimentation | 451 | 66.42 |