Factors Influencing the Sustainability of Community Based Water Projects in Tanzania: A Case of Ilala Municipal, Dar es Salaam Region.

Msuku, Yiniko (2020) Factors Influencing the Sustainability of Community Based Water Projects in Tanzania: A Case of Ilala Municipal, Dar es Salaam Region. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was carried out to assess factors influencing sustainability of community based water project in Dar es Salaam. The specific objectives were to determine the extent to which community participation influences sustainability of community based water project at Ilala municipal, to find out the extent to which skills of water management committee influences sustainability of community based water projects in Ilala municipal and to establish the extent to which monitoring and evaluation influences sustainability of community based water project at Ilala municipal. Descriptive survey design was employed in this study whereby simple random sampling was used to select respondents. Correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to show the relationship between study variables as being the independent on the dependent variable. Findings of the study showed that all three study hypotheses are positive and significant statistically on sustainability of community based water projects as the dependent variable. This entails the fact that sustainability of community based water projects is influenced by community participation, skills of water management committee and monitoring and evaluation. It is concluded that sustainability of community based water projects in Tanzania is indeed facilitated by community participation, skills of water management committee and monitoring and evaluation as independent variables. Since the situation on sustainability of community based water supply system is limited regardless of several projects in place, the study recommends that first on water infrastructures the government must well invest in designing and set new water infrastructures both in urban and rural settings. Keywords: Sustainability, Community and Water Project

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