Many African countries lack serious freshwater

The prolonged drought in recent years has caused Uganda, Central Africa, and Kenya to fall into serious scarcity of freshwater, seriously affecting people's lives.

According to the initial assessment, Uganda is the most heavily affected country, with about 35% of its population having no fresh water used.

Prolonged drought is causing Uganda to fall into severe water scarcity.
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Uganda's water and environment management agency said the situation of water scarcity would get worse if the government did not take timely measures to support and invest in developing a water supply system for people.

In the short term, the Ugandan government used cars carrying water to supply drought-stricken residential areas.

The prolonged drought caused the Nile water level to flow through Uganda to the lowest level in many years, making many residential areas unable to use enough water. According to Uganda's 2010 report, in addition to droughts, population explosion, industrial growth, agricultural urbanization and cultivation processes increase, while backward living habits serve as a source of supply. heavily polluted groundwater levels, also caused by the shortage of clean water in Uganda.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), every year more than 1.6 million people worldwide die due to lack of access to and use of clean water, 90% of which are children under 5 years of age and in developing countries.

WHO warns that by 2025, the number of people without clean water will triple compared to nearly 1 billion people today.