KSA: Water Resources and Ecosystems
Thrust: Governance and Institutional Arrangements
Programme: Gender and Equity
Title: Strengthening the knowledge base and capacity to support the transformation of Irrigation Boards to Water User Associations
ToR ID: 1009811
Contact Person: John Dini johnd@wrc.org.za
Closing Date: 2 August 2020
Brief description of ToR
The National Water Act envisaged that the numerous Irrigation Boards established under previous legislation would cease to exist, being disestablished or converted into Water User Associations (WUAs) soon after the Act came into effect. To date, however, numerous Irrigation Boards have still to be transformed into WUAs and aligned to the core objectives of the Act. The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation has now revived the stalled transformation process. This research project will support this process, by consolidating and expanding the knowledge base on the transformation of Irrigation Boards to WUAs, and facilitating the inclusion of this knowledge in relevant transformation processes. This will include undertaking two detailed case studies in the Breede-Gouritz Water Management Area in the Western Cape.
