Village water supply management model of local administrative organizations to meet drinking water quality

Abstract

The objective of this action research was to enhance the village water supply management at the local governments in other to improve the water quality to meet the drinking water quality standard. The samples were (1) officers at the management level from the local government who are responsible for the development of tab water, (2) staff or caretakers of the village tab water system, and (3) public health officers from the district office. The purposive sampling method was applied and the samples were divided into 2 groups: 1) a group of 8 persons participated in the development of the process to identify the lesson-learned from the improvement of the 2 system managements to meet with the drinking water standard 2) a group of 35 persons as testing group in the operation and information gathering from 5 different areas. The data was collected by group conversations, observation forms, satisfaction survey forms, and village water supply evaluation forms. The qualitative data was analyzed by categorization and content analysis and quantitative data analysis was analyzed by using number, median, and standard deviation. The study was performed between March 2022 to July 2023. using Kemmis and McTaggart procedure (PAOR). The results showed that the village water supply management model at the local government organization consisted of 4 steps: 1) Building knowledge and understanding of water system management and problem-solving approaches for local government executives and stakeholders 2) Self- assessment 3) Conducting on-site performance assessments to identify problems and solutions 4) Evaluating and certifying community water quality. The application of this model has resulted in 7 communities which the drinking water quality meted the required standard. The study shows that the improved management has enabled the local government organization to improve the village water supply system to the drinking water standard.