EVALUATING OF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE RENDERED BY FUNCTIONING RURAL DRINKING WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES THE CASE OF HULA WOREDA SOUTHERN, ETHIOPIA.

ABSTRACT This study was intended to evaluate the level of service Rendered by Functioning rural Dirking water supply Schemes ;case of Hula Woreda ,southern Ethiopia .To serve this purpose descriptive survey research design along with mixed method was employed. For the study 4 Kebeles were included through using availability sampling. From these sample Kebeles, 236 households were selected by using simple random sampling, while 7key informants from water and energy office and WVO office experts were included through purposive sampling. Questionnaires were used as main tool of data collection. Interview was used to substantiate the data gathered through questionnaires. Observation and focus group discussion were also part of data collection for the study. Were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, while content analysis approach was used to analyze qualitative data? , The result of study showed that the majorities of study participants were married and they had large family size and need adequate amount of water services; majority of household respondents indicated that they get the water sources for their household consumption from borehole which is not clear and pure water for drinking The quantitative data collected were analyzed using descriptive (Statistical and presented through tables, graphs and charts where as the qualitative information were precisely narrated. To come up with valid conclusion rural dirking water supply schemes were selected using simple random sampling technique. The household survey found water quantity is the worst to meet the national target, only 1/4th of beneficiaries met the water quantity set by the UAP. Design problems, lack of community cohesion during construction, monitoring and supervision and environmental problems were found as important factors affecting dirking water supply service level beneficiaries get from functioning rural dirking water supply schemes.