This document discusses self-supply acceleration programs in Ethiopia that aim to improve water access through user investment at the household level. It explains that self-supply involves households developing their own water sources using rope pumps or motorized pumps to climb the "self-supply ladder" beyond unprotected sources. Effective self-supply acceleration requires financing options, creating demand, ensuring supply chains, and an enabling policy environment. Data shows that self-supply programs leverage much more private funding per dollar of public funding than traditional community water programs. However, such decentralized approaches also require addressing challenges like competition over water sources and long-term sustainability.

1. Self-supply acceleration in Ethiopia
26 June 2013

2. Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia2
Donor: we
didn’t support
this did we?
Prog. Officer:
no this is Self-
supply Prog. Officer: this is
one of the community
schemes we funded
Donor: lets go
back…what
could be done
to improve this
supply?
Prog. Officer: when
the pumps don’t work
people go to the river

3. Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia3
Self-supply: Improvement to water
supplies developed largely or wholly
through user investment usually at
household level

4. Self-supply ladder
Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia4
Unprotected
Semi-protected
Rope pump
Motorised
pump

5. Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia5
Self-supply acceleration
Financing
Creating
demand
Ensuring
supply
Enabling
environment

6. Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia6
Households
Government/donors

7. Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia7
Public
investment
per capita
USD
Average
(range)
Private
investment
leveraged
(USD per USD
public
investment)
Self-supply
acceleration
(7 programmes in
Zambia,
Zimbabwe,
Uganda)
8 (2-20) 1.9 (0.2-4)
Community
water supply
(2 programmes
Zambia, Uganda)
39 (35-45) 0.025 (0.001-
0.05)

8. Self supply acceleration in Ethiopia8
• Competition
• Conflicts
• 100% coverage
• Sustainability
• Climate
resilience