Examing the involvement of communities in water supply projects for sustainability of the service in Tanzania

Abstract

vi Abstract This study examined the involvement of communities in water supply projects for the sustainability of the service in Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study include finding out the ways in which rural communities are involved at the planning stage in the Arumeru district, exploring the ways in which communities are involved during the implementation stage Arumeru district, examining the ways the community is involved in the operation and maintenance of water supply projects Arumeru district. The theory which guided this study is Diffusion of innovation theory, Descriptive research design was used with a mixed-methods research approach. The targeted population for this study is the rural communities in Arumeru District, Tanzania. The sample is 90 participants who were selected using a purposive sampling technique for the interview participants and a stratified random sampling for the questionnaire respondents. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics with tables, graphs, and pie charts while content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. The statistical package for social science (SPSS) for Windows version 26 is used to process quantitative data to obtain percentages and frequency