Factsheet on Water User Associations in the Usangu Plains of the Ruaha Basin, Tanzania.

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2003
Country:
Tanzania
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Water and Sanitation
Authors:
Sokile, C., van Koppen, B.

Abstract

Water User Associations (WUAs) play important role in the allocation, use and management of water resource. WUAs have a potential to regulate and harmonize water allocation and reduce conflicts. WUAs have been widely supported and accepted as a solution to amicable allocation mechanisms and sound intersectoral water management. In Tanzania, WUA have been popular in the past decade. There are several WUAs the Usangu plains. This fact sheet focuses on the formation process, legislative status, operations, and organizational life and finance capacity of WUAs.

Citation

Factsheet for RIPARWIN Project, DFID-KAR Project No. R8064, Soil-Water Management Research Group, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, pp 4

Factsheet on Water User Associations in the Usangu Plains of the Ruaha Basin, Tanzania.

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Published 1 January 2003
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