Dealing ''·ith the impacts of population growth presents several challenges tbtL are r.0111m,)11 to most communities One impact is that 'ncre3sing P.OPulation will connnonly bring with it an 7 ' ~ increase in water demand. Thus, the main objective of this thesis i; to assess the impact 1>1' population growth on sustainable water provision o~~ekem:e town over time. Therefore. the study used description and-exnloratorv analvsis to address the stared objectives. ' ABSTRACT The -indy revealed that rapid urban populauon growth in 1'd<.e1nte has led io major demographic change». P_;!.!.Ctl((al res~ting in serious environmental problems particu.arly on water provision services. for example the study revealed that lhe amount of piped water consumed and ch~ population size over the last 15 years were imbalance.l\Jthough Uic government tried t.o narrow the gap between population size and amount of water consumed. tl\C ever increasing size of 1 he • . ~lieu. ba.l~"' c ~ . ',,_ . urban population could not cope-up wnb_the water proviston pt' the IO\>,,n A;; shown 1n1t.e. Jiscussion and rcsnlts sect it'll or this 1he<·s, in 199~ the population ofNckcmte town was :172S8 while plped water consumed was ~14,001) m3 lkt in '2008, the population of the town has grown to '!;709 where as the' amount cf water produced in t:ic same year was 7] I .OOOmJ. In tnk1 1\• bcucr understand the impact; on waler provision ofthe town. all-ifl~u~i-'41:i~iffie11.ft.ie, ,.u:._. ... au:i;_suP-Ph:- the -audy involved 360 households from two randomly selected "ub .urhan administrative divisions. t>8.6'% of households only had a private connection to driu],ing water distribution (I\ '.YDB) ·because of the lack of inJrastruc:ure and hieh cost of the connection The ... ~ - households whicl;_unable to afford the cost of geuing connected to "1\\1."J network. exploit w<11L:1 <? from springs wells and hand dug wells (30.3%) of households and rivers (I .. % of households , the majoriry of these water points (well springs and rivers could be polluted and affected by The studv further reveled that the spontaneous buildmg in the town particnlarlv around spring('.-.....,£ ~1."-~-\ well source, area ha' had an effect on the location characteristics of the water sources in the A town People are building houses so close to :be ground water sources. This is the evidence or hcre<Jse i11 urban sctrlcmenr that does uot match with social development. lhercforc this in rhe end has resulted in tlie reduction of the water llow