TITLE:
Study of Community Perception on Drinking Water Quality in Mogadishu, Somalia
AUTHORS:
Mohamed Ibrahim Abdi-Soojeede, Mohamed Ahmed Kullane
KEYWORDS:
Community, Perception, Water Quality, Mogadishu, Somalia
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Applied Sciences,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
24,
2019
ABSTRACT: The objective of this study is to determine the community perception on
drinking water quality in Mogadishu, Somalia. Researchers
tried to declare quality of water in Mogadishu, and if they are aware source of pollution
of waters. The study provided a description of a variety of aspects related to
perceptions of drinking water in Mogadishu community of Somalia. Method: The study area was people living the capital city of
Somalia, Mogadishu, and some academic students irrespective of districts which they
live. This study was descriptive research with specifically cross-sectional survey using
designed questionnaire added interpretation to local Somali language. The target population was
65 individuals, but researchers made sample size calculation using confidence
interval and confidence level. After
that, we got
sample size 52 individuals. The sample procedure was non-probability purposive sampling.
The data analyzed method was descriptive research, with mean and standard
deviation, with using software SPSS version 16 applied in this study. Result: The results of Table 10 showed: 71.7% of respondents
strongly agreed and agreed (45.3% and 26.4% respectively) that Good water
quality is very important issue, with mean score 2.02 out of 5. Also 73.5% of respondents accepted
(35.8% strongly greed and 37.7% agreed) they worried about water quality in
Benadir region with mean score 2.04 out of 5. The respondents were asked questions related to perception of water
quality by rating it. The
majority respondents (30.2%) rated the overall water quality of their local
wells as “Good”; some of them (28.2%)
perceived water
quality as “Adequate or Normal”. This questions has mean score (2.70 out of 6)
and standard deviation (1.265). Of respondents, they rated the quality of their drinking water. The majority (32.1%)
perceived quality of water is “Good” and has not reached excellent; 28.2% of them selected “Adequate or Normal”; 18.9% believed their drinking
water is “Poor”; and last 15.1%, 1.9% and
3.8% of them selected “Very
Poor”, “Excellent” and “I Don’t Know” respectively. This
question has mean score (2.98 out of 6) and standard deviation (1.248). Recommendation: Researchers recommend transferring all wells from resident area to outside the city to prevent
contamination of toilet, and must be announced committee that can make
generalized water test of local wells and to count borehole wells.