Abstract:
This research ts conducted 011 Household War:?r Consumption i11 Gonder Town which is th«
Administrati 1·e Town of North Gondar Zane. Am hara Region. Nont: Wester» part of Euuopl«. The
whole town is physical!J divided i11 to two putts. The Northern pan or the co•·e Gondar Town is the
seat <?f 1Ju~ Zone Government and major socio-economic as well a5 historical cmd cultural center.
J he second {>OJ.'! t?l' lite lawn. the satellite town: is llze.:o which is about I Jkn1 a~i-'UJ' ji-on1 the down
town Goudar. The study focuses 011 I.he main Gondar town of the Ui kebeles which is pf(1·.1ically
classified 1/1 to r~'!r::ti>e(v high land and low laud kebele». The researcher has ra11Jr111ili· selected
J(j% 1'11<'h (loially J45 households) of 1/ie two kebeles Jl(fiJle(v keoete 03 tmd kel>e/e l Zfrom higher
and lower kebele» respectively.
.• The study is intended 10 assess tne sources. disu ibution and challenges of househotd water
... C(}lm-1mplio11 in Gonder town. The researcher has employed primary and secondarv sources <?{ data
~C{1//(!(.'/ion techniques in Order It} U~~e'.\.~ .\"Ui;b Challenge.... {Ju• jJtinUlt")' 1/aitl is t:oJ!ecfef.{ b)'
structured questionnaire and personal observation of The researcher while secondary sources of
datn tnctuaes Stattsticat abstracts of (~A, books. ,;-.xi.sri11g maps. cnnua! reports. reievant
literantres. materials ,,"'1·<>111 the internet. etc. 111'! re .. searrher has also chosen quansitativ« research
r.l.:,,~iJ:.¥11.
Ju order to assess.the chc1llenx:::.'f of hou·ri..'holtl water consumption i11 the town, th« researcher h11.1i
~ discussed 1e11 socio ... economic independent variables in comparison with the de/N!ndenl variable -::·
Househotd Wmer Consumption i11 Goru:ial' Town>. The independent variables are househokt size,
household income water cost. ;..·arer suppl_y. eievation. Inodequate worer suppiv (water source) ,
u11f(lir diJirJhutio11 of pipe waler. lrn·k of <ki!lt?d man fXJ>fCI' and finance. writer supply interruption
and pomdation Jtr(1111lh.
The stud» h(JS proved 1h1Jl, Gondar Town has been experiencing th<: r1rohieu1 of potabl« )~'(J/l~1'
consumption due to that there lh1.f been ilt.<t!{ffecie111. u1ifuir, vnsustoinable and unn-liabl« woter
tli.1;/ribuu·On. Ev~11 if modern water ~upply system n.·ar installed since 1930:,· and e.\'.{1t111fle1/ it, ...
$1Wvice /Jy drilling a number of boreholes in differem times and builrli11g Tile Angereb Dam .. <Jill th«
demand is not stuisfied. 1'his is inferred from that. <:11rre111/y, 30% of the population has h~,;.11
.-~[f:tr1/..~1l l)O!t1f:le water while 1lh.~ remaining ?(JOA, r:nns;1nw.\· water h:'.! p11rcht1sing,fi·cnn vendors and
public stand pipes in cs limited extent .
• i::;o as JD solve sucli challenges nf household waler consumption, the researcher /t(.CS rt'''C:o1nn1en<lerf
;fu: .. /()/lt1u1ing .•11,c/1as./i.1n1ily1J!unning. ~r1uhli.\·l1in.'< t1tldilit>1wl ~·ttlt!r source.v, 111aki11,!!. l'eop/e tllt'ttrl.'
abous "'l'C1lt!r t1..~e. co11sert-t?tion ""d rf!l_:·.:cli11& rt!1ru1 .. ·ing :ii/I and setlir11enf.\ .{rorn r}u~ tl~nn, re,\'('ltlinJ,t
dw pop11fwio11 arow1d thr: dtm1 and qfforeswtion. indldilig addi1ional public pipe.1 and lengrheni11g
/Tu· seri·ice 1ime. engaging ufl s/<1k.:hvltlers in all <1spec1s concerning wmer. luTl'ing s1~fjicient hudger
anti 1no1:lt~r11 111t111a;:erit1l vfnN'IUJ'tt, allc~rnuJive pt1K·t!r. Uu1nf!rli1l(r 11111inlPn111u:e \(!YVl(.'f.! tTn<f
di.srributinx pr~~att? ond public pipes }Oir~y. li1 doing .w> the ,:uthtJri~~ .. anti oth£>r ,,·;(;keholtler.'·: nu1;1
acllievt? rhe 1+·,1ter reso·urct! 1no11ag_e111~111 polic~i-muf stroteg_v r1s 1•'f!li o.s i.'Onlribulr!./i1r rhc succ<'.'i.\' r~r
!lie Millw11iwn /)c,·elo11m>!nl Goal •if f:lhirJpra.