Challenges For The Sustainablty Of Water Supply Services In Rural Area. The Case Of Alaba Special Woreda Snnpr Ethiopia

Community managed rural water supply scheme is considered as one of thernoptions for achieving sustainability of water supply services. Internationalrncommunities and donors are steering this concept. Recently, water schemes inrnrural areas are constructed either by the governmental or non-governmentalrnorganizations. However, frequency of non-junctionality increases from year tornyear and the users didn't get minimum standards service. The focus of thisrnstudy is, therefore, to identify major challenges on the sustainability of waterrnsupply services in rural area.rnThis study was conducted on water supply service for the communities wherernthe schemes were functional and others scheme users when their schemernwere not functional. Data was collected from water users, water managementrncommittees and Woreda water office through focus group discussions andrninterviews. A structured questionnaire was administered to 297 householdsrnheads. The data analyzed descriptively for qualitative; and usmg mean,rnaverage, standard de viation and percentage for quantitative.rnThe result of the study revealed that the users from others neighbor functionalrnschemes were relatively found to travel longer distance, take longer time tornfetch water and low frequency in fetching water and low water consumptionrnas compared with functional once. But the service level for both users werernbelow (10 II c/ day for oth€1"S functional neighboring scheme andrn11.111/ c/ day for functional) UPA recommended value (151/ c/ day) in waterrnconsumption and higher in traveling distance and time due to limitedrnimproved schemes with number of woreda population and area coverage, andrnabsences of others source options. The result also shown that nonfunctionalityrnof the schemes were mainly due to problems related with waterrnand sanitation committees intuitional set up and financial managementrnsystem on one hand and low stake holders participation in all phases ofrnproject on the other in most schemes.rnTherefore, this study recommended that, increasing service provision throughrnexpansion of the existing schemes, building capacity of water and sanitationrncommittee and Woreda Water Office for appropriate management of thernschemes and further strengthening the participation of stakeholders

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