By Gossa Wolde and Abera Endeshaw, WaterAid Ethiopia Prepared for the Monitoring sustainable WASH service delivery symposium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 9-11 April 2013.

1. Water Point Mapping for
Local Level Decision Making
By: Gossa Wolde and Abera Endeshaw,
WaterAid Ethiopia
Hilton Hotel,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1oth April 2013
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2. Outlines
1. Background
2. Introduction-WPM & Process
3. The Inputs-Data Required
4. Comparison between GTP & NWI
5. Decision Making
6. Lessons Learnt
7. Challenges for Debate
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3. 1. Background
• The UN/DESA and the Ethiopian MoWR have launched in
2007 the Global Initiative for Rationalizing Water
Information and Monitoring Systems (GIRWI).
• Monitoring on ad hoc basis, most often with emphasis on
attaining physical plans.
• For decades, most monitoring activities were focusing on
project performance; financial investments and inputs
outputs delivered.
• There are no agreed comprehensive indicators.
• Recently the National WaSH Inventory (NWI) undertaken in
2010/11 is analyzed using the Access data base.
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4. 2. Introduction-WPM
• The Mapper is aimed at local government planners and
WaSH field practitioners working on district, sub-district
and village levels.
• The project has been implemented in eight woredas and four
regions of WAE financed service delivery WaSH projects.
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5. 3. The Inputs-Data required
Data Parameters Data Parameters
Coordinate Longitude Level of service
Latitude
Reasons of
Population Woreda/District
Functionality failure
Kebele/sub district
Source
Village reliability
User / Scheme Source type
Bacteriological &
Abstraction
Water quality Phiso-chemical Water Point
means
Presence and
Management Absence of drawdown
System WaSHComs Accessibility
Kebele and Woreda Boundary data from Federal CSA is
also used.
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6. Cyclic Process of the Project
Capacity
needs
assessm
ent
CB (IT,
Updating GPS,
Tools)
WPM Data
use of coll &
informa verificat
tion ion
Data
Data
encod &
analysis
configur
by WAE
ation
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7. The National Standard of Users/Schemes
HDW with Spring Spring SW/BH Deep
Indian at Spot with with HP BH
Types of Mark II/ Piped with
Schemes Afredev System PS
Pump
Population
to be
270 350 4000 500 3500
served
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8. 4. Comparison between GTP & NWI
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
current Progress (6.1%) GTP Target (13.3%)
GTP: refers to the Growth and Transformational Plan of the
Ethiopian government, which aims to reach the 98.5%
of Water coverage at the year 2015.
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9. 5. Decision Making - Acceptable Access distance
Decision required:
• Many of the
schemes are mul-
functional. Hence the
need for Supply
Chain system (O &
M).
• There are some significant kebeles fetching water from a
far distanced sources, indicating the construction of new
water schemes.
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10. Decision Making - Water Point Functionality
•The decision required for map-1 is to take action on the mul-
functional schemes by the woreda offices.
• The decision required for Map-2 is to plan and prioritize the un-
served communities with no or very less access to water sources.
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11. Decision Making - Coverage functionality
• Additional water points are required for fair distribution as per
the national standard.
• The woreda has allocated 1.4 million ETB for Water schemes
construction from the government treasury source as a result
of the above mapping.
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12. Capacitating the woreda Staffs
• Woreda technical Staffs were given the required CB training
on IT, GPS, data collection and WPM
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13. Data verification on Field
• After the data have been collected, technically selected
sample kebeles and WP were verified by WA for quality
accuracy purpose.
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14. Decision Making –Budget allocation
Decision required:
The North Achefer
woreda, Chief
Administrator chairing
the cabinet meeting
(Heads of Sectors) on
their regular meeting.
• The agenda presented by the head of Water office After
discussion has got decision and approval of 1.4 million
ETB for New water points construction.
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15. Decision Making –Resource Mobilization
• Bonke woreda (SNNPR) has developed a proposal and
using the maps as evidences and mobilized about 1.2 Million
ETB from Canada Embassy for WaSH investment.
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16. 6. Lessons Learnt
• The average investment cost for one woreda is about
55,000 ETB (2,980 USD/1,900 Pounds).
• The maps for potential proposal development. (e.g.
Bonke (SNNP Region) generated 1.2 Million ETB).
• close supervision & proper verification for quality issue.
• The Water Point Mapping is a process, it should be
updated periodically at least once in a year.
• The outputs could be used in informed planning, reporting
advocacy & influencing, and decision making processes.
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17. 7. Challenges for debate
• Affordability (55,000 ETB /2,980 USD)/Woreda-HOW MUCH
• The high & frequent turnover of technical staffs -WHAT
• Approaches for scaling up the project-HOW?
• The relevance of WMP as compared to the Access Program
used for NWI in the MoWE-HOW
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18. Thank you for listening
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19. Future Contacts
Gossa Wolde
gossawolde@wateraid.org
&
Abera Endeshaw
aberaendeshaw@wateraid.org
Website: WWW.Wateraid.org
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