Challenges Of Sustainable Potable Water Supply System In Rural Ethiopia: The Case Of Meta-Robi Woreda

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