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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Svendsen, Mark; Vermillion, Douglas L. |
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Date:
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1996 |
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Agency:
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International Irrigation Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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Series:
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Short Report Series on Locally Managed Irrigation, no. 15 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5072
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Sector:
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Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Region:
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North America |
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Subject(s):
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irrigation
Columbia River
water resources
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Abstract:
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"According to IMT profile informants, in 22 cases out of 25 reported, WUA were performing their basic water delivery and canal maintenance functions at the field canal level after management transfer. In 17 cases out of 23 reported, WUAs were performing their basic water delivery and canal maintenance functions at the distributary canal level
after management transfer. In six cases, only half or fewer than half of these basic water delivery and canal maintenance functions were performed by WUAs. This indicates that, in general, WUAs have the potential to perform their basic functions but that they need sustained training, consultation, support services and a proper legal basis in order to enable them to function effectively. The informants were also asked the difficult question of, according to their observations, the extent to which WUAs were raising adequate amounts of funds and labour to perform their irrigation management duties. Of 21 cases reported on,
in 11 cases the WUA was reported to have mobilized 75–100 percent of the funds and labour required. In 4 cases, it was reported that the WUA had obtained 50–75 percent of the funds and labour needed for adequate water delivery and canal maintenance; while in 6 cases, it was reported that the WUA was only able to raise less than 50 percent of the funds and labour needed for maintenance."
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