Question

Villages in Uganda have access to surface water sources, however they often must walk several miles each way, daily. Additionally, this water is unclean and creates vast amounts of sickness if they do not boil the microorganisms out of the natural and sometimes polluted water sources.

If the villages had funding, they could build wells to the cleaner water located in the aquifers beneath them. What kind of Water Scarcity are these villages experiencing?

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a
Physical Water Scarcity
b
Economic Water Scarcity
c
Unknown Water Scarcity

Answer 1

The villages in Uganda are experiencing **Economic Water Scarcity (b)**. This type of water scarcity occurs when communities do not have the financial resources or infrastructure needed to access clean water supplies, even though water may be available in terms of physical presence (like surface water). In this case, the villages have access to water sources but lack the funding to develop more sustainable solutions like wells that would provide cleaner water from aquifers.