Wilh increasing Irend of urbanizalion, provision of adequate urban Slorm water drainage facililies playsrngreater role in maintaining communily safety and municipal asset from flood hazard However,rndevelopment of Ihese syslems is al its infant level in many of the secondary towns of Ethiopia. Shireindasilassiernis one of the secondmy lawns in Ethiopia where huge amount of resource is depleted yearlyrnal household and municipal level because of flooding. Despite Ihe huge deslruclion of Ihe publicrnreSOllrce, seriousness of Ihe problem is, however, nOI well recognized by municipal aUlhorities.rnIYmradays. Ihe ideal location of Ihe lawn wilh respeci 10 lawns such as Gondar, Humera. and Mekele isrnam'acling people from Ihe nearby rural hillleriands and consequenlly exacerbale Ihe problem offloodingrnalld illegal mulliplicalion of slums and squaller selliements ill Ihe town. These situalions Irigger thernresearcher 10 select this research problem in Ihe lawn under discussion. Cognizanl of Ihe deplh andrnbreadlh of the problem, Ihe main i11lel1lion of Ihe researcher in conducting this swdy was to assess therncOlldition of USWD system. delermine the eXlenl of road and USWD il1legration, and assess Ihe risk ofrn.flood hazard wilhin the COl1leXI of Ihe social, economic, physical and inslilutional almosphere of Ihe lown.rnFor Ihe accomplishment of Ihese objectives, the researcher employed mix of qualitalive and qualllilativerndata from households and 1'Orious responsible municipal authorilies. Result of Ihe study c1earl" showsrnIhal Ihe exisling USWD facililies in Ihe town are inadequate to properly remove urban storm water in thern10H'n. As a result of Ihis, huge resources are depleled yearly bOlh at household and municipal level.rnResull of the household sUlTey on flood damage also reveals that income level of Ihe majorilY of Ihernhouseholds in Ihe town is unable to solve the financial burdens of flood damage. The basic impedingrnfacto rs for USWD developmenl, according 10 the findings of Ih is research, are disil1legratedrninfrastruclural managemenl. lack of qualified human power and lack of adequale finance. Finally, Ihernresearcher recommends Ihe municipalilY to strenglhen Ihe capacilY of human power and eSlablishrnH"Orkable organizational structures conducive for communication of the variou5 slakehold2rs andrninlegration of related injraslruclural deparlmel1lsrnKey Words: Gi'ban Storm !l'ater Drainage, Road injraslruclure, Conventional Storm WaleI' DrainagernSntems, Source Control Measures 10 Flooding, impervious sUljaces, Infiltration