Determinants of Household Water Supply Sustainability in Rural Ethiopia

Abstract

The main objective of this study was thus to assess the determinants of household water supply sustainability in Gomma district by examining the main factors and identifying the limitation and key challenges. Using Systematic random sampling techniques total of 352 households were selected and using structured questionnaire interview the information was captured and analyzed using descriptive statistics and the binary logistic regression model. I found that from the variables house ownership, monthly household income, water tariff, monthly Water service cost, management capacity, high population growth, family size and financial issue) are statistically significant in predicting the sustainability of households’ water supply sustainability. Therefore, conclude that the average daily consumptions were very less, when compared with the international or national standard benchmark for water utilization different domestic purposes. It is recommended that effort should be made the water and Energy office of gomma district should actively give training in order to overcome the water management gaps, the rules related to water tarif and the water service payments system could be revised in order to cover the running cost of the projects