Assessment Of Water Supply In Gondar Town, Ethiopia: Challenges And Prospects

Abstract

Gondar town has been through a problem of sustainable potable water supply in the past ten years. Even if the modern water supply system was installed since 1930’s and has been expanding its service in the coming years, still the demand is not satisfied and large number of people do not have access to adequate amount of potable water. As a result residents are forced to get water from unprotected sources which are far from their homes. Besides, they also buy water frequently from illegal persons and incur additional cost. In line with these the main objective of this study was to assess the magnitude of water supply and its challenges and dynamics associated with unsustainable water supply in Gondar town. A survey was conducted on a randomly selected 120 House Holds and interviews with purposefully selected key informants