The price workers pay for mining salt in Lake Katwe

According to a 2013 study, Slow Death at Katwe Salt Lake: Impacts of Extraction on Women in Africa, Lake Katwe produced approximately 15,000 tons of crystalline salt annually. The lake is surrounded by more than 10,000 salt pans from three grades of salt. 

A 2013 study titled “Characterisation of Raw Materials for Salt Extraction from Lake Katwe, Uganda” found that Grade One salt, mainly used for domestic consumption, is high-quality salt obtained from clean salt pans, while Grade Two salt is extracted from the bottom of mud-lined salt pans and is used for animal consumption.