Assessing the Impacts of Infrastructure and Management on Water Projects Sustainability in Morogoro Municipal, Tanzania.

Kabutelana, Ansgar Thomas (2024) Assessing the Impacts of Infrastructure and Management on Water Projects Sustainability in Morogoro Municipal, Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

Community participation highly impacts water management and infrastructures thus crucial for the development and sustainability of any project. However, little attention has been given on the impact of infrastructure and management in water projects sustainability. The study was conducted in Kilakala and Kihonda wards in Morogoro Municipal, where purposive and simple random sampling techniques for sampling 100 household heads were used. Descriptive statistical analysis, content analysis, binary logistic regression analysis was used as methods of analysis from data collected through interviews and questionnaire methods of data collection. Community participation scored a grand mean score of 1.93. Also, water infrastructure adequacy of water infrastructure had a grand mean of 2.8. Further, there was moderate effectiveness of water project management with the mean value (2.74). Moreover, income, age, and sex were statistically significant affecting community participation in water development projects. Moreover, poor water infrastructure was the main challenge facing water projects sustainability. Conclusively, there was limited community participation in water development projects.

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