Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Projects
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Mathias Mhangwa, Eunice Jesti Makungu, Clarance Paul Kisiki
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25 November 2025
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Evaluating Socio-cultural roles in Behavioural Adaptation for Sustainability of Rural Water Supply for climate change intervention. A case study of Sangara village, Babati District, Manyara region, Tanzania
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56542/w.jwempo.v2.i2.a10.2025
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Keywords:
Behaviour, Rural Water Supply, Socio-cultural, Sustainability
Abstract
Climate change significantly threatens rural water supply infrastructures, compromising water quality and availability while increasing community vulnerability. This study evaluated socio-cultural roles in behavioural adaptation for sustaining rural water supply for climate change intervention. The analysis was conducted using the RANAS model, a behavioural change framework where data collection methods were Household surveys, Interviews and Focus Group Discussions. The findings were: 70.7% of respondents never engage in tree planting while 95.9% cut trees for charcoal production. Most participants (91.2%) consider charcoal the low cost energy source, and 56.7% prefer cooking with firewood. The 76.3% recognize agriculture's environmental degradation and 73.1% acknowledge environmental protection norms where behaviours remain counterproductive to intervention for environmental sustainability while 82.3% support integrating scientific knowledge with traditional practices in climate adaptation. The community behaviours largely oppose climate change intervention sustainability thus calling the Government and Non-Governmental Organizations for need and applying behavioural change to sustainable access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene.
