CMP and High Technologies Case of BSG Beshah Mogesse

Introduction Visit time: November 2012 Visited schemes: Berebera Water supply project (Deep Well) and Abatachi Expantion (Pressurized System) The observation of the two schemes will be discussed

Introduction Community Development Fund (CDF)/Community Management Project (CMP) has good experience of Small scale technologies like HDW and Spring Development and achieved: – High annual implementation rate (5 folds) than Woreda implementation – High functionality (ReCMP, 2012) This result is due to keen community participation in every stages of projects

Steps in CDF/CMP Sources: CMP Guideline, 2011)

…cont’d Reason why we Need High Technology Hand Deg Well is feasible for shallow groundwater but Hydro-geologic feature is determinant on water availability. Springs are distributed unevenly regardless of settlements Considering high technology is an only option where there is no shallow ground table and no spring

Berebera Deep well Status of the project: Under construction (started in 2004) Budget: 3.6 Million Birr Sources of water: deep well depth) Well yield: 3.9 l/s Pipe length: 5km Client: FINN-WASh and Dibate Woreda Water office Contractor: BSG water enterprise

Berebera …. The water supply system is planned to feed the tow with public tap and house connection. The sources will supply reliable water even in the dry season There is no question about the comparative advantage of Deep well. But the question is can we maintain the philosophy of CDF/CMP here?

Reflection from Group Discussion Community Contribution WASHCo established based on the Guideline CDF Contribution is about 8.08% (which is over the minimum contribution cut off) Community participation was reluctant for either of the reasons below – The kebele’s leader – Powerless of WASHCos – Compliant on the level of technology

Compliant Users complain of not having public tap in their vicinity. Moreover the users are complaining on the size of distribution pipeline. The main line coming from water reservoir has 4” and after feeding the school it abruptly changed to 11/2”.

…Con’d The community doubt about its capacity in case of more connection This problem seems simple but it has a significant impact over the community mobilization for contribution and participation The implementer of the water supply system need to be, convinced or convince the community, so that to implement the system in sustainable manner.

Procurement and Contracting High technologies are beyond the capacity of local artisans Outsourcing contractors is beyond the capacity of the WASHCos and may cause delaying on construction due to biding procedure.

Post construction Operation and Maintenance Based on the survey the average monthly water charge is 4.92 ETB with standard Deviation of 2.51 High technologies like motorized system require high operational and maintenance expenditure. Therefore, the custom tariff system is unlikely to meet to these running costs. Upgrading local artisans has to be done while implementation to ease the operation and maintenance of the system

Spare part supply The main challenge in keeping the functionality of water supply schemes even in HDW. In high technologies the matter will be worse and prolonged service break Spare part suppliers should be created at regional and Woreda levels

Remark Shifting from low technology to high technology is to address all. CMP is still as important as for low technologies, but need modification of proportion of community participation, tariff setting, community organizing and contracting.