Implications of urban expansion of consumable water availability in Mbarara Municipality

Abstract

The study examines the influence of urban expansion on consumable water availability in the growing Mbarara municipality. A case study survey design was used in which qualitative and quantitative approaches were applied to get the information using 373 respondents who were selected using purposive sampling techniques. The quantitative data were analyzed with suitable graphical regressions methods available in excel; and content analysis was used for qualitative data to derive conclusions on the target population.