Abstract:
The study assesses challenges of sustainable water supply system in rural Ethiopia: Showa
West Zone: The case of: Meta –Robi district. Descriptive research design was employed in
this study. Likewise questionnaire, interview, focus group discussion and observation were
used as data gathering tools. Among the potential Kebeles, eight were selected
purposively. The data were collected from 153 households including farmers and
governmental employee like development agent, teachers, and health workers etc. who
were selected on the basis of simple random sampling techniques. So both quantitative and
qualitative data analysis were made using SPSS version 23 in which frequency, %age,
mean and standard deviation as quantitative and description as qualitative was used to
create a final pictures integrated all the obtained data through the tools. The findings of
the thesis showed lack of monitoring & evaluation of water resource was agreed to be
101(66.4%) for non-piped, community and household drinking-water systems. For
example, the study area was similar with other study areas having similar settings with a
lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene education, trachoma debilitates some of
the world's most marginalized peoples. About 50% of households get their water from
protected or 'improved' sources. More than 42% of this storage drinking water was
contaminated with faecal materials. Rural infrastructure was limited and water supply
coverage was virtually non-existent, with only 3% of the rural population accessing
drinking water through improved sources. A major gap in understanding water point
functionality is pinpointing the extent to which service failures can be attributed to local
institutional arrangements rather than societal structures and dynamics. Therefore, taking
these challenges into consideration, it was suggested that providing regular monitoring to
water points, accessing alternative water sources, improve the financial systems since it
need capitals, capacity building, supply spare parts and water treatment technologies like
chlorination to improve sustainable potable water supply system especially in rural area
