An assessment of small-scale users' inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa

An assessment of small-scale users' inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa
Title An assessment of small-scale users' inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa PDF eBook
Author Faysse, Nicolas
Publisher IWMI
Pages 45
Release 2004
Genre Irrigation
ISBN 9290905735

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The management of water resources is being transformed in South Africa. All water users, especially the small-scale ones, are now invited to participate in this movement. This report reviews the process of inclusion of small-scale users in the new large-scale Water User Associations (WUA).Considering the difficulties encountered in this process, this report also recommend external monitoring after the transformation of an Irrigation Board into a WUA. This method may also facilitate assessment of the inclusion of small-scale users into catchment management agencies, and water resource management organizations.

How pro-poor are participatory watershed management projects?: An Indian case study

How pro-poor are participatory watershed management projects?: An Indian case study
Title How pro-poor are participatory watershed management projects?: An Indian case study PDF eBook
Author Kurian, Mathew, Dietz, T.
Publisher IWMI
Pages 34
Release 2005
Genre Poor
ISBN 9290906006

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This report draws on a survey and case study evidence from 28 watershed management groups in Haryana to argue that participatory watershed management projects need not necessarily safeguard the interests of poorer rural households.

Irrigation and Water Policies in the Mekong Region

Irrigation and Water Policies in the Mekong Region
Title Irrigation and Water Policies in the Mekong Region PDF eBook
Author François Molle
Publisher IWMI
Pages 47
Release 2005
Genre Irrigation
ISBN 9290906081

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This report documents current irrigation and water policies in the Mekong countries. It successively reviews planning issues, water policies and legal frameworks, the setting up of water policy "apex bodies," participatory policies, and IWRM/river basin management.

Working wetlands: classifying wetland potential for agriculture

Working wetlands: classifying wetland potential for agriculture
Title Working wetlands: classifying wetland potential for agriculture PDF eBook
Author McCartney, M. P., Masiyandima, M., Houghton-Carr, H. A.
Publisher IWMI
Pages 44
Release 2005
Genre Wetland ecology
ISBN 9290905980

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This paper reports on a form of multi-criteria analysis that provides a formal approach for evaluating the suitability of a wetland for specific agricultural uses, and ensures that explicit consideration is given to the possible consequences of such utilization. The method is based on a hybrid of ideas taken from concepts and methodologies related to: environmental flow assessments, land suitability classification and the hazard evaluation procedures used in the design of dams. The approach, which elaborates the idea of working wetlands, is generic, though the examples presented are for case studies from southern Africa.

Water is Life

Water is Life
Title Water is Life PDF eBook
Author Anne Hellum
Publisher African Books Collective
Pages 641
Release 2015-10-19
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1779222874

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This book approached water and sanitation as an African gender and human rights issue. Empirical case studies from Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe show how coexisting international, national and local regulations of water and sanitation respond to the ways in which different groups of rural and urban women gain access to water for personal, domestic and livelihood purposes. The authors, who are lawyers, sociologists, political scientists and anthropologists, explore how women cope in contexts where they lack secure rights, and participation in water governance institutions, formal and informal. The research shows how women - as producers of family food - rely on water from multiple sources that are governed by community based norms and institutions which recognise the right to water for livelihood. How these common pool water resources - due to protection gaps in both international and national law - are threatened by large-scale development and commercialisation initiatives, facilitated through national permit systems, is a key concern. The studies demonstrate that existing water governance structures lack mechanisms which make them accountable to poor and vulnerable water users on the ground, most importantly women. The findings thus underscore the need to intensify measures to hold states accountable, not just in water services provision, but in assuring the basic human right to clean drinking water and sanitation; and also to protect water for livelihoods.

When "conservation" Leads to Land Degradation

When
Title When "conservation" Leads to Land Degradation PDF eBook
Author Lesterlin, G., Giordano, Mark, Keohavong, G.
Publisher IWMI
Pages 34
Release 2005
Genre Land degradation
ISBN 9290905999

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In this report, we test the hypothesis that the primary factors behind the farming system changes in Ban Lak Sip lay not in the village itself but rather in the broader Laotian social, economic and political setting. The study uses an integrated approach that examines both the physical and social dimensions of land use and soil erosion in Ban Lak Sip within this broader system environment.

Balancing irrigation and hydropower: Case study from Southern Sri Lanka

Balancing irrigation and hydropower: Case study from Southern Sri Lanka
Title Balancing irrigation and hydropower: Case study from Southern Sri Lanka PDF eBook
Author Molle, François, Jayakody, Priyantha, Ariyaratne, Ranjith, Somatilake, H. S.
Publisher IWMI
Pages 48
Release 2005
Genre Irrigation
ISBN 9290906073

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This report analyzes a case from southern Sri Lanka, where the Samanalawewa dam and the Kaltota Irrigation Scheme (KIS) compete for the water of the Walawe river. At the catchment level, it is shown that dam releases are well attuned to the needs of KIS and to the occurrences of natural runoff, and that little of the dam water is "lost" to the river.