Al Za'atari Wastewater Assessment

Status:	Published 21 September 2013 - 11 December 2013
Funded
Methodology:	widgets.needs_assessment.status.7
Methodology description:	The assessment covered the entire camp, including every household. Each refugee household was requested to answer a brief survey regarding their wastewater production outside of the official communal areas such as the WASH centres or kitchens. Sources of wastewater specified in the survey referred to sources within refugee households, and included toilets, showers, sinks for washing clothes, sinks for washing vegetables, washing machines. Information about population was collected only for households that produce wastewater and does not include number of families. Questions asked in the survey are attached in the Annex. The data collection was undertaken on the same ODK (Open Data Kit) mobile data collection platform that has been in use in Al Za'atari Camp since February 2013.
Sampling:	Random
Sampling size:	Every household in the camp
Target population:	Population in Camp
Target settlement:	Planned camps or settlements
Measurement:	Household

Al Za'atari Wastewater Assessment

Status:	Published 21 September 2013 - 11 December 2013
Funded
Methodology:	Other
Methodology description:	The assessment covered the entire camp, including every household. Each refugee household was requested to answer a brief survey regarding their wastewater production outside of the official communal areas such as the WASH centres or kitchens. Sources of wastewater specified in the survey referred to sources within refugee households, and included toilets, showers, sinks for washing clothes, sinks for washing vegetables, washing machines. Information about population was collected only for households that produce wastewater and does not include number of families. Questions asked in the survey are attached in the Annex. The data collection was undertaken on the same ODK (Open Data Kit) mobile data collection platform that has been in use in Al Za'atari Camp since February 2013.
Sampling:	Random
Sampling size:	Every household in the camp
Target population:	Population in Camp
Target settlement:	Planned camps or settlements
Measurement:	Household

The assessment was conducted in response to a clear and present need to gather accurate information on the already widespread informal and thus unregulated wastewater infrastructure inside the camp. Given the potential implications of an exponential increase in private wastewater production on public health and sanitation, this assessment was designed and deployed in order to improve the camp‟s WASH actors‟ understanding of the situation on the ground and to eventually feed into programming for the creation of a communal wastewater system inside Al Za‟atari Camp.

Main Findings

Sources of wastewater included use of sinks for washing clothes; sinks for washing vegetables; private showers; private toilets; and washing machines. This assessment revealed that the most common source of wastewater in the camp is the use of private sinks for washing both vegetables and clothing, reported by 85% of households in the camp. In addition, 63% of all assessed households reported producing wastewater through the use of private showers in addition to the use of sinks for washing vegetables and clothes.