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1 Richards, N.; Gutierrez-Arellano, C. 2022. Effects of community-based water management decisions at catchment scale, an interdisciplinary approach: the case of the Great Ruaha River Catchment, Tanzania. Water Practice and Technology, 17(2):598-611. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2022.010]
Integrated water resources management ; Decision making ; Community organizations ; Natural resources management ; Catchment areas ; Water insecurity ; Water user associations ; Water balance ; Irrigation ; Runoff ; Water institutions ; Participatory management ; Farmland ; Dry season ; Wet season ; Lowland ; Deforestation ; Hydrological modelling ; Evapotranspiration / United Republic of Tanzania / Great Ruaha River Catchment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050947)
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Water User Associations are community-based institutions that cover segments of rivers and are responsible for water management decisions. These are the result of institutional blueprints designed by the international community, widely adopted around the world. However, the implementation gaps between these generic institutional designs and the working on the ground are vast and require site-specific information to support water management decisions at the local scale. We used a hydrological modelling approach to assess how community-based decisions can maximize their outcomes and improve overall availability of water resources in the Great Ruaha River Catchment in Tanzania, a catchment that is under severe drought pressures and is of the utmost ecological, social, and political relevance at the national scale. We provide information to support decisions on when and where to focus conservation and management strategies by identifying the seasonal and spatial variability of water availability in the catchment. Our methods have the potential to be used in other catchments around the world. This study shows the importance of assessing the hydrological processes affecting the geographies of community-based institutions to identify priority areas of action.
2 Richards, N.; Mkenda, A.; Bjornlund, H. 2022. Addressing water security through catchment water stewardship partnerships: experiences from the Pangani Basin, Tanzania. Water International, 47(4):540-564. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2022.2036442]
Water security ; Catchment areas ; Watersheds ; Partnerships ; Integrated water resources management ; Public participation ; Stakeholders ; Transboundary waters ; Water governance ; Institutions ; Decision making ; Natural resources ; Water use ; Policies ; Public sector ; Capacity development ; Case studies / United Republic of Tanzania / Pangani Basin / Usa River / Weruweru Sub-Catchment / Arusha / Hanang / Siha
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051252)
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The rolling out of integrated water resources management (IWRM) in the Pangani Basin, Tanzania, faces several implementation and participation challenges. Building on experiences from GIZ–NatuReS stewardship partnerships, we argue that meaningfully engaging stakeholders and involving the private sector can help overcome these challenges and improve water security. We analyse data collected through interviews with partners and beneficiaries, and data stemming from partnership documents. Our analyses show that stakeholders are in support of creating an enabling environment based on IWRM by including tangible, results-based private–public–civil society partnerships which offer alternative and innovative solutions to address risks facing people, economies and ecosystems.
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