Characteristics Frequency Percent Water used in HH per day by liters <40 412 50.2 40-80 352 42.9 >80 56 6.8 Time to obtain drinking water (round trip) <15minutes 587 71.6 15-30minutes 201 24.5 >30minutes  32 3.9 HHs treat water by any meansR Yes 594 72.4 No 226 27.6 Availability of latrine Yes 598 72.9 No 222 27.1 Materials used to wash hands after toilet Using water only 50 6.1 Using soap sometimes 669 81.6 Using soap always 101 12.3 Method of disposal of HHs waste Open field disposal 278 33.9 In a pit 305 37.7 Common pit 19 2.3 Composing 211 25.7 Burning 7 0.9 Note: Rboiling, bleaching, straiting with cloth

Table 5: Environmental Health characteristics of household of Hidabu Abote district, North shewa zone, Oromia, September 2012(n=820).