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Chapter 12. Housing2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateTable 12.15 presents the usage of public utility power, generator, and solar power in Chuuk between 1980 and 2000.The proportion of housing units with electric power increased from about 22 percent in 1980 to slightly over 35 percentin 1994 then declined to about 27 percent in 2000. The decline between 1994 and 2000 resulted from the decline in thenumber of public utility consumers in this period. On the other hand, the number of housing units with generator andsolar increased from 2 percent in 1980 to about 8 percent in 1994 and 2000 suggesting that people are shifting to moreeconomical and energy saving sources of lighting. Despite the observed increased level of accessibility to electricpower, Chuuk still had a significant number of housing units with no electricity compared to the other FSM states (see2000 FSM Census National Report, p. 161).Table 12.15: Electricity Source of All Housing Units, Chuuk State: 1980, 1994 and 2000Number Percent change PercentElectricity source 1980 1994 2000 1980-1994 1994-2000 1980 1994 2000Housing units 5,428 7,581 7,417 39.7 (2.2) 100.0 100.0 100.0With electricity 1,168 2,662 2,019 127.9 (24.2) 21.5 35.1 27.3Public utility 585 2,062 1,419 252.5 (31.2) 10.8 27.2 19.1Generator 583 600 609 2.9 1.5 10.7 7.9 8.2Solar power - 84 402 - 378.6 - 1.1 5.4No electricity 4,260 4,835 4,996 13.5 3.3 78.5 63.8 67.4Source: 1980 TTPI Census; 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H04.Table 12.16 compares housing units in each region by the availability of electricity and air conditions in 1994 and2000. In 2000 FSM census, Northern Namoneas had the highest proportion of housing units with electricity (68percent) and air conditioning (about 10 percent). The proportion of housing units with electricity was second highest(about 22 percent) in Southern Namoneas, and third highest was shared between Faichuk and the Outer Islands, below20 percent of units with electricity. Over 91 percent of the housing units equipped with air conditioner were inNorthern Namoneas.Table 12.16. Electricity and Air Condition of All Housing Units by Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 Census 2000 CensusAll With electricity With air-conditioning All With electricity With air-conditioningRegion Units Number Percent Number Percent Units Number Percent Number PercentTotal 7,581 2,662 35.1 270 3.6 7,417 2,421 32.6 212 2.9Lagoon 5,823 2,527 43.4 270 4.6 5,585 2,073 37.1 212 3.8N. Namoneas 2,411 1,929 80.0 263 10.9 2,065 1,395 67.6 199 9.6S. Namoneas 1,645 348 21.2 6 0.4 1,745 391 22.4 8 0.5Faichuk 1,767 250 14.1 …. … 1,775 287 16.2 … …Outer Islands 1,758 135 7.7 … … 1,832 348 19.0 … …Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses.Lack of water supply and flush toilet has been connected with diseases and morbidity in the past. For instance, thesocial problems of urbanization were well documented in July 1982 when sewage disposal in Chuuk lagooncontaminated seafood and resulted in a severe cholera outbreak. Subsequent studies revealed that only 6 percent ofhouseholds in Weno during that time had adequate sanitation (central water supply and flush toilet, Connell 1983:7/8).Table 12.17 summarizes the availability of piped water in all housing units during the years 1980, 1994 and 2000. Theproportion of housing units with no piped water decreased from about 98 percent in 1980 to about 75 percent in 1994and 2000. Additionally, the number of housing units with hot and cold piped water supply increased to more than 2percent between 1980 and 1994 then decreased to less than 1 percent in 2000. The coverage (25 percent) of pipedwater in Chuuk was the lowest in the FSM (see 2000 FSM National Census Report, p. 122).Table 12.17: Piped Water of All Housing Units, Chuuk State: 1980, 1994 and 2000Number Percent change PercentPiped water 1980 1994 2000 1980-1994 1994-2000 1980 1994 2000Total housing units 5,428 7,581 7,417 39.7 (2.2) 100.0 100.0 100.0Piped water 137 1,902 1,841 1,288.3 (3.2) 2.5 25.1 24.8Hot & cold piped water 67 180 62 168.7 (65.6) 1.2 2.4 0.8Cold water only 70 1,722 1,779 2,360.0 3.3 1.3 22.7 24.0No piped water 5,291 5,679 5,576 7.3 (1.8) 97.5 74.9 75.2Source: 1980 TTPI Census; 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H03.Table 12.18 further examines availability of piped water supply by municipality in 1994 and 2000. The proportion ofhousing units with pipe water varied among the regions in the Lagoon. As noted in the table, no piped water supply isavailable in the Outer Islands because the water pipeline did not extend there. The accessibility to piped water in the120 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs