Kenya Community Water Projects
- Resource System
- community-based irrigation
- Resource Units
- water
- Location
- Nanyuki, Kenya (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.
No institutional analysis document available.
No coded case data available.
Resource System
water
Resource Users
farmers
Public Infrastructure
Irrigation pipes
Public Infrastructure Providers
Community Water Project Commities
Relationship 1
withdraw water resources
Relationship 2
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