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

Answer 1

The villages in Uganda are experiencing **b Economic Water Scarcity**. This type of water scarcity occurs when a community has access to water resources (like surface water), but is unable to exploit them due to a lack of infrastructure, funding, or technology. In this case, while the villages have access to surface water, they lack the necessary resources to develop wells or other systems to access cleaner water from aquifers. If they had funding, they could alleviate this scarcity by creating better water access solutions.