ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: Groundwater is becoming a more accessible and comparatively cheap source of water for drinking, agriculture and industry in Zambia than surface water. However, in Lusaka, the country’s capital city, increased rates of urbanisation have caused large numbers of people who cannot readily obtain water supply services by self-provision to exploit any other available sources of groundwater supply, thereby exerting enormous pressure on the Lusaka aquifer through construction of private boreholes or hand-dug wells. Consequently, contamination in the city aquifer appears to be increasing and waterborne diseases have increased to endemic levels as well.
