Kenya Community Water Projects

Resource System
community-based irrigation
Resource Units
water
Location
Nanyuki, Kenya

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.

Community Water Projects
Resource System

water 

Resource Users

farmers

Public Infrastructure Providers

Community Water Project Commities

Public Infrastructure

Irrigation pipes

Relationship 1

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

Exogenous Drivers 7 (Resource System)

erratic rainfall patterns and longer drought systems

Exogenous Drivers 7 (Public Infrastructure)

road expansion of the main highway will take out a community water project tank

Exogenous Drivers 8 (Resource Users)

some migration of community members to other regions of Kenya, however also increased population size of local communities

Exogenous Drivers 8 (Public Infrastructure Providers)

the national two-thirds gender rule requires no more than two-thirds of a community water project to be composed of women, which has altered the elected gender composition of committees

Human Infrastructure, Private and Human-Made (Resource Users)
(none specified)
Human Infrastructure, Private and Human-Made (Public Infrastructure Providers)
(none specified)