{"id":1245,"date":"2013-05-11T17:11:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T17:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/challenges-and-investment-opportunities-in-water-sector\/"},"modified":"2013-05-11T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T17:11:24","slug":"challenges-and-investment-opportunities-in-water-sector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/challenges-and-investment-opportunities-in-water-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges and investment opportunities in water sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Inadequate resources in terms of funding, there is limited government funding to water sector<\/li>\n<li>The provision of safe water and sanitation in Uganda is also vulnerable to climate change and variability.<\/li>\n<li>Inadequate capacity to plan and implement water sector activities especially at district level.<\/li>\n<li>Limited private sector capacity to cope with demand for water<\/li>\n<li>Inadequate involvement of local communities<\/li>\n<li>Alleged corruption in the sector<\/li>\n<li>Almost all of Uganda\u2019s water resources are trans-boundary in nature and shared with her neighbors.<\/li>\n<li>Aging and malfunctioning infrastructure, some water systems are very old and require rehabilitation<\/li>\n<li>Uganda suffers from uneven distribution of water resources resulting from severe drought and floods<\/li>\n<li>Increased pollution of raw water sources especially lakes and rivers.<\/li>\n<li>Rural water service has insufficient capacities to adequately manage rural water and water supply infrastructures<\/li>\n<li>High water prices especially in urban centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Investment opportunities in Water Sector<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provision of clean bottled water<\/li>\n<li>Capacity building<\/li>\n<li>Provision of water accessories<\/li>\n<li>Provision of boreholes<\/li>\n<li>Urban water management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Challenges Inadequate resources in terms of funding, there is limited government funding to water sector The provision of safe water and sanitation in Uganda is also vulnerable to climate change and variability. Inadequate capacity to plan and implement water sector activities especially at district level. Limited private sector capacity to cope with demand for water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Challenges Inadequate resources in terms of funding, there is limited government funding to water sector The provision of safe water and sanitation in Uganda is also vulnerable to climate change and variability. Inadequate capacity to plan and implement water sector activities especially at district level. Limited private sector capacity to cope with demand for water&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}