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In Kenya, one of the millennium development goals is to increase accessibility to clean, safe and affordable water as well as providing proper and efficient sanitation services to all people in the world. Despite the government and non-governmental organizations making good efforts to supply water to citizens, there is still low water supply coverage, especially in rural areas of Baringo North Sub County. The study aimed to examine the effect of water technological factors on water accessibility among residents of Baringo North. The study was informed by technological theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The accessible population for this study was 19,734 households’ heads, 3 NGOs Water and Sanitation officers, 3 National government agencies, 5 ward administrators, 3 water officers, 12 chiefs and 39 assistant chiefs in Baringo North. The researcher obtained sample size 392 using Yamane formulae. The study used cluster sampling technique, proportionate sampling and simple random sampling technique to select the respondents. The study used semi-structured questionnaires to solicit required data on success factors and water accessibility by residents. A pilot study was conducted in Elgeyo Marakwet County among 39 respondents representing 10% of the sample size. The study used both descriptive and inferential analysis. The descriptive analysis involved the use of mean, frequencies, standard deviation and percentages. The inferential analysis involved Pearson product-moment correlation and multiple regression analysis. If variables are correlated, then a change in one variable is accompanied by a proportionate change in another variable. The regression model was used to establish a significant difference between water technological factors and water accessibility among the residents. The study findings show that technological factors have a positive and significant influence on water accessibility (?1=.284, p<0.05). The study concluded that technological factors had a direct influence on the implementation of water projects in Baringo North sub-County. Therefore, the study recommends that the county should use technology in water accessibility among residents since the cost of applying technologies to access water is low and will benefit the community.
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