Sustainability of Donor-Funded Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Projects in Mbire District, Zimbabwe

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dc.creatorKwangware, Johnson
dc.creatorMayo, Aloyce W.
dc.creatorHoko, Zvikomborero
dc.date2016-05-23T12:50:24Z
dc.date2016-05-23T12:50:24Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T08:40:43Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T08:40:43Z
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706514000606
dc.descriptionThe sustainability of donor-funded rural water supply and sanitation projects was assessed in Mbire district, Zimbabwe in terms of level of community participation, quality of implementation and reliability of the systems. The study was carried out through questionnaires, focus group discussions, interviews and field observations. The results show that the quality of implementation of the projects was deemed to be good and participation of the communities in project ideas initiation and choice of technology was found to be very low. Reliability of the systems was found to be very high with 97% of the boreholes in all the three wards studied being functional. Financial management mechanisms were very poor because water consumers were not willing to pay for operation and maintenance. The projects were classified as potentially sustainable with sustainability index between 5.00 and 6.67. Poor financial management mechanisms for effective borehole maintenance, poor quality of construction and lack of community participation in project planning were found to be potential threats to the sustainability of the projects. Future projects should establish the need for the service and should thus be demand driven to ensure effective participation of the water consumers and enhance project’s potential for sustainability.
dc.identifierKwangware, J., Mayo, A. and Hoko, Z., 2014. Sustainability of donor-funded rural water supply and sanitation projects in Mbire district, Zimbabwe. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 76, pp.134-139.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2209
dc.identifier10.1016/j.pce.2014.10.001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2209
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectBoreholes
dc.subjectCommunity participation
dc.subjectFinancing
dc.subjectReliability
dc.subjectRural water supply
dc.subjectSustainability index
dc.titleSustainability of Donor-Funded Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Projects in Mbire District, Zimbabwe
dc.typeJournal Article

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