Zaatari Camp

Wastewater Assessment

29th December 2013

 Introduction
• As part of the UNICEF-REACH agreement, REACH were asked to create
an assessment of wastewater produced at the household level,
including: the sources/type of wastewater; the methods of wastewater
discharge; and the location of wastewater storages at the household
level.

• In this assessment 'wastewater' refers to both black and grey water.

• It should be noted that ALL such examples of wastewater production

and disposal at the household level are informal and unregulated.

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 Introduction
• Field work: 21.09 – 11.12.2013

• OpenDataKit (ODK) questionnaire to collect information

• Sattelite image and field visit to get household
boundaries and location of wastewater storage and pipe
connections

Outputs:
• Presentation
• Set of maps
• Narrative report

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 Questions asked
• Is there a source of wastewater? (yes/no)
• What type of wastewater source:
Private Sink for washing clothes
Private Sink for washing vegetables Grey water
Washing machine
Private Shower
Private toilet Black water
Other (Specify)
• Where does the waste water flow to?
Pit
Plastic tank Wastewater storage
Oil/petrol barrel in household
Surface run off
Tank of WASH facility
Other
• How many wastewater storages are in household?

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 Questions asked
• Sharing wastewater storage with other household? (yes/no) How many?
• How does the water flow through? (pipe/ditch)
• Do you have private water storage? (yes/no) How many?
• How many people are in this household?

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Key Findings
 Key findings
• 9 695 households with reported wastewater source
• 8 645 unofficial wastewater storages in the camp
• 71 074 people live in household produce wastewater source

Methods of wastewater disposal in

Households with/without
households with wastewater source
wastewater source
drainage
pipe/WASH
block tank
8%
NO
7%

surface run
off
wasterwater
29%
storage
63%
YES
93%

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Wastewater Sources
 Source of wastewater in households
no yes
3%
21%

79% 4% 10% 3%
97%

2% 3%
96% 90% 97%

98% 97%

4%
2% 7% 14%
10%

96%
98% 93% 86%
90%

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Source of wastewater in households: District 2

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Source of wastewater in households: District 3

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 Types of wastewater
9099 9104
Grey water: 7187
• Private sink for washing clothes
• Private sink for washing vegetables
4184
• Washing machine
• Private shower 1509
Black water:
• Private toilet
washing clothes washing vegetables shower toilet washing machine

no waste
water
40,4% households in the camp has source of
6.5% black wastewater (private toilet).
It means that:
black and • 33 200 people in 4184 households use private toilets
grey
water • 5137 unofficial wastewater storages at the household
40.0%
grey
water level possibly contain black water
53.1%
(59% of all wastewater storages in households)
black
water
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0.4%
 Types of wastewater in households
no waste water
grey water
black water
3% grey and black water
19% 21%
26%
69% 60% 4% 10% 14% 3%
2%
20% 29%
2% 13% 3%
1% 76% 61% 83%
18%

84% 79%

4%

10% 3% 7% 14%
41%
55% 32% 21%
40% 41%

50% 56% 61% 65%

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Grey and black wastewater in households

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Grey and black wastewater in households: District 2

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Grey and black wastewater in households: District 5

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Wastewater Disposal
Methods
 Types of wastewater disposal

 Storage at household level (pit, barrel, tank)

 Surface run off (ditch or throwing on the ground)

 Connection to drainage network or tank of WASH block

pit
18%
barrel/tank
47%
surface run off
26%

drainage pipe or
9% WASH block tank

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 Wastewater storage at households
Is there wastewater produce at
the household?
no
7%
Total number of
unofficial wastewater
storages: 8 645
yes
93%

How many wastewater storages are there

Is there wastewater storage at the household? at the household?

3%
no
38% 15% 0
38% 1
yes 2
62%
44% 3 and more

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Wastewater storage at households per district
Households with wastewater storage
100%

50% no
yes

0%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Number of wastewater storages per district

1537 1586
1500

1053
1000 845
702
570
473 489 481
500 418
351
140

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Informal Household Wastewater Storage

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Informal Household Wastewater Storage: District 2

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Informal Household Wastewater Storage: District 5

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 Methods of wastewater disposal
pit
barrel/tank
surface run off
drainage pipe or WASH block tank
10%

46% 40%
28%
53%
0% 7% 1%
6% 8% 9%

6% 47% 43% 47% 46%

13%
5% 50% 46%

38% 3% 4% 6%
17% 54%
65%
2%

10% 3%

24% 14% 1% 3% 3% 0%
63%
14% 39% 28%
37%
71% 51% 51% 65%
7%
9% 7%

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 Households connected with
drainage network and WASH block tanks

500

450

400

350

300

250
464

200

150

100
155
50
65 52
33 24 34 21 31
0 4 5 0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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 Households connected with
drainage network and WASH block tanks
 Households connected with
drainage network and WASH block tanks: District 1
 Households connected with
drainage network and WASH block tanks: District 5

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 Any Questions?

For any REACH Data, please contact:

Reach.mena@impact-initiatives.org