FINDINGS ON LEAKAGES

These were observed in all the lavatories and on the different levels of different blocks of each hall .
Leakages were seen on the different fixtures like taps, showers, toilet cistern, through toilet bowls and
urinals for the boys halls. Leakage rates varied from very high and fast flowing to very mild droplets.
Some leakages were continuous whiles others only occurred when a tap or shower is opened.

The leakages were quantified per level per block and totals for each hall were calculated where among
the girl halls Africa hall has the highest level of water loss through leakages that is1,128litres/day mainly
due to broken faucets that is the taps in the wash hand basins and shower taps while complex hall has
the lowest water loss through leakages quantified at 590litres/day

And among boys halls University hall had the highest level of water loss through leakages that is
20,353.6litres/day mainly due to the automated urinal system that flushes every after 10minutes even
without usage throughout the day while Dag Hammarskjold hall has the lowest water losses
173litres/day due to its small population and maintained fixtures.

In general University hall has the highest level of water losses through leakages as shown in the table
below;

QUANTIFIED WATER LOSSES IN ALL THE HALLS

Hall Water loss(litres/day) Water loss(litres/month) Costing monthly(ugshs)

Africa 1,128 33,840 87,984
Mary Stuart 748 22,440 58,344
Complex 590 17,700 46020
University hall 20,353.6 610,608 1,587,580.8
Nkurumah 18,752 562,590 1,462,734
Livingstone 8,633 258,990 673,374
Lumumba 691.2 20,736 53,914
Dag Hammarskjold 173 5,190 13,494
These leakages are caused by many factors which include; carelessness or ignorance of some users about
their usage of the fixtures hence leading to breakage hence leakages. The very high populations of
students that use the fixtures beyond the required which overwhelms the fixtures leading to wearing out
creating leakages in turn.also the poor quality of some fixtures makes them faulty earlier .