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The study focuses on the Demand Driven Approach to Water Supply and Effectiveness of Donor Assisted Water Facilities in Delta State, Nigeria.Ten self-selected small towns in two pilot intervention local government areas (Ndokwa West and Isoko South LGAs) in Delta State, Nigeria were used for the study. The study relied on UNICEF (2013) baseline survey which estamates the population of the two LGAs at 110,583. A sample of 383 respondents were initally sampled using Epi Info sample calculator and confirmed with Surveymonkey sample calculator, out of which 350 were eventually used for the study.The reseach design adopted for the study is the survey design. One questionnaire was developed and validated from which copies were made and administered to 383 respondents out of which 350 were validly retrieved and formed basis for the study. Analysis of the questions was done majorly using simple percentages in contingency table format. One hypothesis was tested using Chi square (x 2 3) at 5% level of significance. The Chi square calculated is 8.12 while the critical value is 7.185. The result of the study shows that demand driven approach to water supply have significant positive effect on the effectiveness of donor assisted water facilities in Delta State. The study concludes that the demand driven approach guarantees the effectiveness of donor assisted and donor provided water facilities in Delta State.The study recommends as follows: (1) Donor agencies should first ascertain the need and secure the commitment of proposed benefiting communities before siting the project (2) That donors should encourage and practice participation and not patternalism in siting water projects to ensure sustainability of the facilities after construction.(3) The need for participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) of communities to identify the water vulnerability areas of intervention and supported by active advocacy and sensitization of communites on management and sustainability of water infrastructure.

Demand Driven Approach to Water Supply and Effectiv eness of Donor Assisted Water Facilities in Delta State, Nigeria