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Water supply systems in selected urban poor areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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posted on 2018-02-12, 15:11 authored by Saroj K. Sharma, Belayhun W. BereketWater supply systems in three urban poor areas of Addis Ababa namely Teklehaimanot, Merkato and
Biheretsige were evaluated based on a field survey of 105 randomly selected households and interviews
with other major stakeholders. Private taps, yard taps, public taps, water kiosks and water vendors are the
primary sources of water in these areas. The average water consumption of more than 75% of the sampled
households was less than 20 litres per person per day. Most of the households pay a relatively high price for
drinking water with the average cost of ETB 6.2/m3 (US$ 0.74/m3). Although many households are willing
to have private or yard taps, they can not afford the one time connection fee payment of about ETB 412. An
innovative financing and cost recovery mechanism is required, specifically for the initial connection fees,
in order to increase the coverage of safe water supply at an affordable price in these areas to meet the Millennium
Development Goals.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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SHARMA, S.K. and BEREKET, B.W., 2008. Water supply systems in selected urban poor areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. IN: Jones, H. (ed). Access to sanitation and safe water - Global partnerships and local actions: Proceedings of the 33rd WEDC International Conference, Accra, Ghana, 7-11 April 2008, pp. 431-434.Publisher
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