Abstract:
Many Ethiopian rural communities suffer from lack of Sustainable access to safe
and adequate water supply. One of the reasons is many drinking water supply
construction projects are fail shortly after construction. This thesis tries to assess
the main factors affecting the sustainable functionality of rural water supply
construction projects in Shebedino Woreda. A questionnaire survey was
conducted using 30 identified factors which are categorized into 5 groups. 75
Questionnaires were distributed, and all questionnaires were returned.
Quantitative approaches were deployed to analyse data involving descriptive
and inferential statistics using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 21st
version.The results were analyzed using Multiple linear regression analysis to see
independent variables ( the Technical factors, the Financial factors, the Factors
related to community participation, the Factors related to institutional support
system and the Environmental factors) relation with dependent variable
(Sustainable functionality). Analysis of the findings showed that Technical
factors (Beta=,-.246,
p
=.031), Financial factors (Beta=-.306,
related to community participation (Beta=-.256,
p
p
=.021), Factors
=.026), Factors related to
institutional support system (Beta=-.225,
factors(Beta=-.007,
p
p
=.021), and Environmental
=.931). The study found that except Environmental factors
the remaining independent variables showed significant relation with the
dependent variable and the independent variables explain 71.1% of variance of
the sustainable functionality of rural water supply construction projects in
Shebedino Woreda. The results of the regression analysis also showed, the factors
influence the Sustainable functionality negatively. Researcher recommends that,
government and other stakeholders should enforce proper mechanisms that will
encourage mutual benefits to the local communities in rural water supply construction projects;
