The modern water supply system development had a recent history in Ethiopia. However, this thesis aims to examine a history of water supply in Däbareqe, Dib Bahir, and Adi Arkay axis, 1935-1993. By using archival, interview, and written secondary sources. During the occupation period of the state (1935-1941) Italians constructed and introduced different water supply systems. They were constructed at Adi Arkay and Dib Bahir piped water supply system for the benefit of themselves. Whereas, they introduced and used gereba and dänebächane in Däbareqe to satisfy their water need. Under the period of the imperial regime, by the aid of UNICEF in 1957 common water distribution centers and local administration's effort in 1966 the yard taps water supply system expansion works did in Adi Arkay. The wulekefite pipe water was also commercialized by a private owner. The period under Derg also registered new events. Nevertheless, it had not fruitful the local administrations' high interest was observed to reenter the pipe water of wulekefite for market commodity. The management of the Adi Arkay piped water supply system run for eleven years by private owners from 1974-1986. Since 1977 piped water of wulekefite served the main and the only water source of the tree nursery site that was established at Dib Bahir besides the daily consumption of the communities of the area. In Däbareqe water supply became the main problem and the people found new water supply systems by effort of women's and gereba systems. Followed it, the regime started pipe water supply construction in 1988 and it continued until the area was controlled by TPLF. The PostDerg period came up with important developments in the water supply situation of the area. The former water supply system of Adi Arkay restarted and the piped water system infrastructure construction of Däbareqe became finished. Then, since the mid of 1993 the system became in use. However, these pipe water supply systems passed different issues of maintenances and that was made challenges to sustain water supply. All pipe water systems had high water quality and enough volume of water production to satisfy the daily consumption of people the whole period of the study