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Table 7.2 Summary of Findings on Drinking Water Supply India Service provision outcome Access to water
Satisfaction with drinking water
Service providers Role of providers
Ghana
88 percent of households use safe Depending on agroecological zone, drinking water sources; 97 percent of 52–69 percent of households use safe households have a water source within drinking water sources; average time 1 kilometer (average distance is 0.03 needed to get water is 19–31 minutes. kilometers).
Ethiopia 32 percent of households use safe drinking water sources; average time to get to safe water sources during dry season is 127 minutes to a river, lake, spring, or pond and 119 minutes to a well with a pump.
90 percent of male and female respondents are satisfied with drinking water; more than 40 percent are not at all satisfied with drainage.
88–93 percent of households are satisfied 44 percent of households are very satisfied and 27 percent are with boreholes/wells; satisfaction rates somewhat satisfied with quantity; with unsafe water sources are also 36 percent are very satisfied and high. 16 percent are somewhat satisfied with quality during the dry season; considerable dissatisfaction with governance of water systems.
Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in charge; responsibility devolved to gram panchayats; NGOs not active in survey areas.
Community Water and Sanitation Agency main public sector agency; responsibility devolved to district assemblies; NGOs contracted for community facilitation; NGOs also provide drinking water independently.
Construction and major rehabilitation of facilities managed by district water desks/offices, which are backstopped by Regional Water Bureaus; water desks are under WoARD; trend is toward elevating them to technical offices independent of WoARD.