Water Problem In The Capital Of Africa

These people say that it is a blessing and a curse; It appears that the explosion pressure and recently in Ethiopia, a large population approaching 100 million. Public services like water and electricity are leading in this population pressure narrative. Ethiopians are the most common, with power rationing, though, last week announced its commitment to Addis Ababa City Administration ration water, Jonah Capital wrote.




At dawn, on Wednesday morning, Amelework, 31 against, was busy collecting water from a small new condominium in one of the compounds in Addis Ababa coast. Ironically, the industry's only source of water in her hoof Amelework Abado is available off the cobblestone road is paved in a new condominium site. This, however, is not actually a coincidence. Divided into two Legetafo to the border town of despair Addis Ababa and Oromia region in the western horizon, the capital city of residence hall is built on the bank of a small river.




That gripped the city water currently does not have any other choice but to bring at least this water, cleaning her with a serious shortage of goals.




Amelework get water from daily life to the struggle for daily survival, and is one of thousands of women in Addis Ababa. For a long time, to cope with water shortages and lack of capital has been a common challenge. In fact, the city administration finally seems to have moved to declare that the rationing of water and given to the city in this challenges.

To establish the truth is, this is a city that has seen the worst water crisis in decades past. There is no area in the past couple of weeks in, not thirst for the city.




For example, Kara location, on the eastern border of the city, it is difficult to distinguish, without being filled with water when the yellow Jerry cans weighting of around 20kg 15 children and women.




On Tuesday and Wednesday, Reporter SR, Cara, and only a shortage in Addis Ababa even visited the city Legetafo, who fell out of the water to ensure the rules are. On that day, she wanted to buy communally or individuals scheduled to receive water, where the water around 4:30 before dawn, old, Hassenet, three empty yellow Jerry cans Legetafo took about ten minutes and went to her house on Cara -owned running water, bonos commonly called.




A opposite direction fetching, Firdawok in search of another young, Hassenet was nothing but bad news. Although the two never meet, Firdawok computing is rapidly Hassenet in the same mission. "There is no water, no," her as she strides over to the other side.




When she heard Amelework is also a place to be crushed when he learned that he saw no hope from the water source has dried up. Yifrashowa Tsegaye, a man who lives near the river bank, he's Taffo. According to him, a member of the community is made that the common tap water (bono) manages a committee. Yifrashowa is used bono to a nearby village, but due to shortage of more than 150 families? To serve 95 families in these days, he says, was built three years ago. Still, since the last three or four months, is under pressure to bono. Now, scarcely enough water pipes, says Yifrashowa.




"Despite the rising number of people coming to collect water from a well, not providing service on a daily basis. In some cases, no water," Yifrashowa Reporter six to ten days. In addition, community members and other well-managed by the residents of both villages in the Oromia Regional State in the camp showed that only serves those who like to come.




Tigst Abate, one-year-old mother, says that water lines had waited three years to extend to her. Even years after her hope that the knowledge acquired to supply water shortages in Addis Ababa to find, but it is still hot.




Last year, he was met with "I am a serious shortage of water to reach the child. Still, the problem is not resolved. In fact, he is getting worse," she says. Now, she relies on her husband brings home water supply. The problem is deep and its suburbs, and extended to. According to the city, preparing to ride off in the middle of her work at the newspaper, Hanamariam Alemneh, met with residents in coastal Legetafo. Suddenly, she goes around the back of her Toyota car and threw three yellow Jerry cans in the trunk.

She had her family to meet the water needs to transport water back in the day. "Since there is no way it will be sufficient water supply in the area around may be a problem with me, this car had been. In fact, she says, also helps out with the neighbors water supply.




Similarly, the city and the areas in the west of Addis Ababa, kolifē- Keranyo area around winner sweat in the Far East. Water supply interruption, although a relatively low frequency, seems to be the same as in the heartlands, even if the main internal problem.

The authority has since announced last week how to apply the firm's plan to ration water among different cities and on March 23, 2016, the authority will provide all the water in the same area of ​​the city, the other day a success. He was said to be dangerously low because of severe drought and water reservoirs fall of the effects of the rain.




At a press conference, next week, Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA) Head of Public Relations, water, the cost of capital, the source reservoir, through its official rate of one meter Reserve, announced a month was lost near the water could have served as the capital of five million m Cube ,.




"The city residents to use water efficiently and reasonably available to the rest of the water distribution, power is applied to a rationing system;" He said next week.




In this regard, the northern and eastern areas of supplies into the city will be limited to four days a week with immediate effect. Normal operating level of reservoir dam is 38 million cubic meters; But the water levels are reason enough rain to much below normal levels. Similarly, when Smith delayed, water production, distribution and purity of the head, due to the shortage of water in the reservoir, the city already has access to 24-hour water supply in areas where there currently are limited to four days a week.




Causes dry conditions due to El Niño event in international air pattern to the dry climate is experiencing. The cost of container supplies a quarter of the city's water needs. 45 million cubic meters of container is designed with a storage capacity of 45 years ago. But, in the sedimentation tank capacity is now 38 million cubic meters has been low.




Addis Ababa and other major source of drinking water Gefersa dam is built and rehabilitated in 2009. In addition, during the Italian invasion, wells, dams and other systems complete.




Addis Ababa water supply, especially in 1895, the palace was started during the reign of Emperor Menelik II and Patriarch to the parliament; Two pipes through the water distribution service system.




With the water supply in the mud at the foot of Mount Entoto River (earth and gravel packs), a sub-construction of the dam was real.




Repeated water shortage is the worst of the outlying towns and rural areas because all the same, water shortages capital may not be an isolated case. The problem is even more important outside of Addis Ababa. Government narratives of potable water and sanitation coverage makes high growth, such is the lack of basic resources, society remains a challenge to be fatal.




Food security, low economic development, frequent droughts, flooding, poor health conditions, and low energy production, agriculture-based economy, as, in most of Ethiopia's development problems are water-related. According to available documents and research, has many water bodies, Ethiopia, the cause of these problems is the lack of sufficient water resources; But the most important resources in this country much more compact development.




"This is for professionals trained in water resource management is basically the lack of this precious resource and institutional capacity to manage," USAID documents authored by argue.




However, it was outdated and difficult test on the fact that the shortage of water, it seems hard to highlight the growing power of the current water crisis and chaos in the capital city.




Addis Ababa Water shortages in such a big city as a multi-billion dollar be associated with a magnitude of Light Rail praised the latest in a booming for the massive construction and infrastructure from the outside as a volatile, of course, is contrary to transit (LRT).




Thus, this issue is tarnishing the image of the city and takes it very clear that the death toll. This step is both sure continental political and economic organizations suffer following a serious water rationing measures to get an image that was the seat of years. Indeed, it is not the capital of-age as a way to return to the basic rations, a resident opined.




What city and how they came to such a dilemma, it is important above all else, ask any residents. Debate on this line, water and related fields, experts agree that it is associated with the Addis Ababa water crisis rather than poor management of resources, resource limitation.




I hope PhD on Alemseged, water management candidate, is one of conducting research on water and various experts have long experience working in international organizations. "The problem in the Addis Ababa Plan for Water Resources and is not under consideration at the disposal of the city, which is associated with the ongoing implementation of various development activities," he said.




According to expectation, most of the activities, including condominiums, industrial expansion and other projects are not properly planned; They should be managed in an accurate cross-sectoral considerations.




"There is no integrated system. Everything is performed as an emergency, and they always try to extinguish the fire. This plan with regard to time, but they are weak," he added.




He adds water resources and mismanagement of city residents indicates that the cost of other problems. Applying traditional practices leads to the wasting of water, such as a car wash and resell any option without watering plants. Each family has been given to the needs huge sum of money, no running water, Tesfaye said.




"There are gaps in communication between the various sectors. We have been able to manage to get on the water, this knowledge remains unutilized for many years. We are the boundaries of technology and methods of managing resources with our result on the line," I hope more argue.




According to the city administration report last year, with some 70,000 cubic meters of water per day production capacity of 19 deep water wells have been dug Akaka area. In addition, the expansion cost of treatment works and Dire Dam, respectively, 80,000 and 30,000 cubic meters was carried out to improve the daily production volumes.




In addition, about 260,000 cubic meters more than the administration has been able to increase total production to the city after the city's water supply and distribution has been improved in the last year claim.




In addition, part of the Federal Government of Ethiopia Water and Sanitation coverage in the first report on the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP-I) during much says that Jews; According to the government's original plan, an overwhelming 98 percent to 68.5 percent (2010) it was planned to expand the coverage.




Ethiopia had recorded significant growth in the last two or three years, which is one of the few countries to "support the government reported Water.org international organizations on request. Similarly, on his part, World Bank senior" water stressed "zone states such as Ethiopia. In addition, the Bank GTP during WASH services focus on expanding the coverage of government recommendations.




Potable accordance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target DNA obtained information in connection with the furtherance of water, Ethiopia 1990, but achieving a result, reduce the number of people without access to safe water supply from, is governed by some 57 percent to improved sanitation, only 28 percent of the country's stubbornly low lives; However, despite these advances to 3 percent in 1990, drinking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) will be sufficient to cover most of the reports indicate.




The negative impact of health and nutrition, access to safe drinking adequate water supply and sanitation services and hygiene practices; In turn, diarrhea, a disease that is one of the primary causes of mortality among those under five years of Ethiopia.

Agricultural activity is the greatest consumer of water in Ethiopia. In the country are used for all water withdrawals (surface water and groundwater), an estimated 93 percent to 70 percent of the global average much higher than agricultural use.




Members of the public who feel the daily fires and Amelework Hassanaet are calling on the government to resolve the issue immediately.




Ethiopia has relatively abundant water resources but is considered a guardian because of "the water of rapid population growth E over the past decade." 13.5 billion cubic meters, 28, is estimated to range from one-year renewable annual groundwater which only 2.6 billion cubic meters are currently exploitable.




Ethiopia 122 billion cubic meters of water, ground water potential of approximately 6.5 to 2.6 billion cubic meters, has 12 basins with annual runoff vote. This year, in comparison, a relatively large volume of water associated with a person available to an average of 1,575 cubic meters. However, rainfall and shortage of storage in a temporary difference to the ideals of the water is often not available where and when necessary. Only three percent of the water resources are used in Ethiopia.







In contrast, water supply service professionals in Ethiopia, far below the standard per person is 45 liters per day, the World Health Organization; They argue that they are among the lowest in the urban per capita consumption of only 15 liters on average, with Africa.







Some people do not like to serious water crisis. In fact, Jobbir, which he uses to transport donkeys, the owner of a local man, says that in recent times has been the shortage of water is good for him. Jobbir it's given him a trip donkeys to transport a total of some 16 160 Jerry cans at a time. "This is a day in revenue as high as 1,600 silver," he told The Reporter. This is based on the people in every income business, appears to be higher than those in the car rental business.