Kenya Community Water Projects
Case details
- Resource system
- community-based irrigation
- Resource units
- water
- Location
- Nanyuki, Kenya (Kenya)
Location map
Description
Community-based water governance systems from the Mt. Kenya region in central Kenya.
This study focused on women's participation and contributions to water governance in central Kenya as an outcome of a national gender quota, requiring no more than two-thirds of a publically-elected to consist of a single gender.
Institutional analysis
Institutional analysis document
No institutional analysis document available.
Coded institutional data
No coded case data available.
System representation
Resource system
water
Resource users
farmers
Public infrastructure
Irrigation pipes
Public infrastructure providers
Community Water Project Commities
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withdraw water resources
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community members elect water project committees
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water project committees repair and maintain water pipes
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transports water from small streams to communities via water distribution networks
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the pipe diameter size of the infrastructure determines how much water can be allocated to an entire community water project
the number of connections a community member may own determines the amount of water they can allocate to their households or land
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water users pay a fee to access maintain the public infrastructure via the community water project committee