Roofwater harvesting has been spreading at an impressive
rate in the Oruchinga Valley in south-western Uganda over
the past 10 years. Local savings and credit groups have
been important for helping households make this large
investment, and microfinance institutions might play an
increasing role in future.

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WIN-SA’s commitment to building and strengthening a
culture of learning is being furthered through a project
called the Learning Journey Manual. The initiative is
aimed towards building capacity through the training
of facilitators who will pioneer the learning and sharing
approach in their work, with their peers and colleagues,
in their organization and throughout the sector.

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In order to address water resources problems facing the country a number of water resources management functions are carried out namely monitoring, assessment and regulation. Water resources regulation is a function carried out to control overexploitation and pollution of water resources so as to ensure availability of adequate water for all socio-economic activities now and in the future. Water resources regulation is provided for in the Water Act Cap 152, the National Water Policy, and the Water Action Plan and is carried out through the Water Permits System.
Regulation of water resources involves administration of water (surface and groundwater) abstraction permits, drilling permits, wastewater discharge permits, hydraulic works construction permits and easement certificates.

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Water Resources Management under the Directorate of Water Development of the Ministry of Water and Environment is mandated, by the responsibility of the central government as provided for in the constitution of the Republic of Uganda, to regulate water use through a water permits system.
Regulation of water resources involves administration of water (surface and groundwater); abstraction permits, waste water discharge permits, hydraulic works construction permits and easements certificates.

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This document primarily aims at putting on record some experiences gained by the rural water supply actors in Shinyanga Region over six years, on how they have attempted to tackle the issue of community management of point water sources and more specifically the wells, equipped with hand pumps.

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The EU Water Initiative organised a workshop on IWRM (Integrated Water Resources Management) Science Communication for Impact in Brussels on 20-22nd June 2006. The main idea of this workshop was studying in an interactive mode on how researchers can best engage constructively with the mindsets of water users, water managers, practitioners and the water policy community. The purpose of the Workshop `IWRM Science Communication for Impact` is to: Contextualize today’s IWRM research in relation to the challenges of water policy reform and practice; and Acquire communication skills in relation to different target groups and communication means.

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More than 1,800 children living in Kisoro, Uganda are sponsored by Compassion.Because the area lies on very hard volcanic ground the villagers cannot dig wells deep enough to get the water they need. They currently draw their water from drainage ditches which are shared with their livestock. Thanks to COmpassion this has changed.

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WaterAid Uganda (WAU) supported Uganda Rainwater Association (URWA) to carry out three hands-on trainings in RWH for community groups in the Subcounties of Paya, Katende and Busitema in Tororo, Mpigi and Busia districts respectively. WaterAid Uganda has been one of URWA’s supporting partners since 2001 and support has been mainly towards strengthening the secretariat to coordinate activities and carry out advocacy at regional, district and sub-county level geared at raising the profile of rainwater harvesting as a feasible source of water supply for water-stressed rural communities in the country and integration of RWH into district development plans.

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Africa is dominated by shared river and lake basins. Ten river basins individually have drainage areas greater than 350,000km2. 4 basins span 8 or more states.

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This document is the report of a small study of self-supply rural water improvements in Uganda. It points to steady progress and continuing challenges in raising rural water supply coverage in Uganda using “conventional” community based approaches in a decentralised and ‘privatised’ environment. The increasing focus on technologies such as rainwater harvesting and shallow groundwater, which especially lend themselves to self-supply initiatives and possible targeted external support, makes this study especially timely in Uganda.

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