water user associations (wuas) are one of the water market development models and a way to transfer the irrigation management from government sector to water users which have been increasingly taken into account over the recent years. in iran accordingly, a number of wuas has been developed in downstream dam irrigation and drainage networks on pilot scale. the major goal of wuas is to improve w...

water user associations (wuas) are the main strategy in water resources management, and transferring of irrigation management to these associations is paying attention in different countries. the current study aimed to identify and analyze membership consequences in wuas. the research was descriptive and survey method was used. the population of this study consisted of all farmers in irrigation...

Empirical insights were made into the challenges of supplying water to communities within low-income areas peri-urban Blantyre, Malawi. A networked public supply is provided those without a domestic tap via communal kiosks managed by community-based Water User Associations (WUAs) under government mandate. There has been considerable debate surrounding tariff charged for supplied such vulnerable...

the main purpose of this study was to analyze the problems of water user associations (wuas) in the irrigation management transfer (imt) process. the study is based upon a descriptive-correlational research method. the statistical population of the study consisted of 2500 farmers in wuas. a sample of 262 farmers was selected using “random sampling” method. data were collected through questionna...

While the Maasai have to be among sub-Saharan Africa’s most mobile population due to their traditional transhumant pastoral livelihood strategy, compared with other neighboring ethnic groups they have been relatively late to migrate in substantial numbers for wage labour opportunities. In the community of Elangata Wuas in Southern Kenya, international migration for employment abroad has been ve...

the purpose of this paper was to determine the factors affecting farmers’ satisfaction from water users associations (wuas) in the harran plain-turkey. the data used in this study come from a sample of 378 farmers among 23,204 in the şanlıurfa-harran plain. they were chosen via simple random sampling method and interviewed face to face. sampling was conducted in 52% of the settlements. to analy...

a number of 1810 members of the water user associations (wuas) of jarghouyeh district consisted the statistical population of the study, out of which 150 farmers were selected as sample using proportionate stratified random sampling technique. a questionnaire was developed for gathering the data and information. content validity and cronbach alpha proved both the validity and reliability of the...

Decisions on irrigation water management are usually made at different levels, including farms, user associations (WUAs), and regional planning agencies. The latter generally have good access to information decision tools regarding resources management. However, these remain out of reach the final users, namely farmers. study, conducted in irrigated district Cherfech, north Tunisia, had main ob...

introduction the attention given to water management has increased lately due to the growing problem of water scarcity worldwide and rising conflicts between water users. participation of local people in water management is now seen as a crucial prerequisite for the conservation and sustainable use of scarce water resources. since the late 1990s, participatory and integrated water management ha...