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

Download or read book An assessment of small-scale users' inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa written by Faysse, Nicolas and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.