Assessment of the Challenges and Opportunities Water Supply in Condominium Housings of Addis Ababa
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis assessed the challenges and opportunities of water supply in condominium
housing of Addis Ababa. A survey of 200 households from the study area coupled with
information by interviewing officials of AAWSA & filed observation revealed the nature
of problems of water supply. The major problems of previous residence water supply
were water interruption & quality problems, irregular timing in water distribution, water
purchase from water vendors, pipe line breakage, walking long distance and long queue
for water fetching. On the other hand, the previous residence water supply situation had
opportunities of having clean and enough amount of water, availability of water any all
the day and time. In condominium housing units, Water supply interruptions, inadequate
water supply, Sanitation, requirement of additional man power for water collection are
the major problems. The other problems identified are, work load of women in the
households, drainage & sewer pipes busting and blockage, high water prices from water
vendors during interruption, children risk their lives crossing roads in collecting waler.
This is due to inadequate waters source, inadequate finance, and inadequate man power,
weak coordination among offices, rapid population growth, absence of resident's
participation and some other challenges in the study area. Employing appropriate
technology, financing water supply projects, Integration between institutions and
different sectors, developing water sources that fit with the growing population and
urbanization are the major copping strategies for the challenges thai Ihe author
recommended for reversing Ihe exisling challenges and in achieving more efficient
provision of water supply in the study areas.
Key words: Waler Supply, Condominium hal/sing, Addis Ababa.
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Waler Supply, Condominium hal/sing