| dc.description.abstract | Project Sustainability is a desire of every community, private agency or Government as
a means of ensuring that positive gains are delivered to the target communities in long term. This
phenomenon was brought to focus in this study based on water projects that aim at improving the
quality of life of community water users. The implementation of such projects is always easier
but their sustainability posses a challenge. The purpose of this study was determinants of the
sustainability of AphiaPlus water projects in Public Primary Schools, in Manga Sub-county. The
study sought to answer the following specific objectives : to assess the influence of training in
public primary schools, to determine the influence of technology used in extraction of water
in public primary schools and to determine the influence of capital contribution has on the
sustainability of Aphia Plus water in Public primary schools. The study adopted a descriptive
research. The study was based on Public Primary schools in Manga Sub County. The target
population was 200 teachers and pupils from all Public Primary schools in Manga Sub County.
The sample size of the study was 60 respondents using simple random sampling technique. The
primary data was edited, coded and descriptively analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS) and presented in as percentages and frequency tables. The study established
that sustainability of various types of water supply infrastructure is dependent upon the degree to
which the technology used corresponds to the needs of the local community and the
community’s ability to maintain and repair it over time. Considering the non-functional state of
most manual hand pumps in the county, it is apparent that efforts need to be made to ameliorate
the situation. The study established that solar system is one of the technology used in
extraction sustainability of water in public primary schools. The study determined that the
factors responsible for the non-functioning of boreholes range from extreme low yields, inability
to raise funds to acquire spare parts, to lack of access to spare parts. To sustain access to potable
water, access to spare parts needs to be improved. The study established that in rural
community water supply, most national policies require a capital contribution from the users,
either in-kind labor and local materials or, if in cash, in the region of five percent of the capital
cost. This is rarely recovered however, and so improved services are by default a gift albeit often
with some community participation in construction from the government or NGO to the
community. The study recommended that Community training and education on technology used
must be done for any alphia plus water project if it is to be sustainable. These trainings need to
be frequent and an analysis on the education level of the schools should first be made in order to
establish the most suitable language mode of training to use so as to assure effective transfer of
knowledge from the trainer to the trainee. The study established that Project sustainability is of
paramount importance for any project and especially for Alphia Plus water project and for that
matter, schools should be made aware of the need of water projects to serve not only their pupils
, but also future generations, hence take the necessary measures to ensure this. The study
established that project location is equally important and schools should be involved in
identification of the site for the project in order to encourage ownership in terms of protection
and cleanliness of the site. | en_US |
