Community share water management experience
Tsogang Water and Sanitation in partnership with Water Research Commission hosted a water harvesting and community management experience's lesson sharing meeting in Tzaneen last Wednesday.
The purpose of the meeting was to share information on the Multiple Use Water Services (MUS) which is an approach that takes people’s multiple water needs as a starting point of planning and providing water services.
A well-known water conservationist from India, Rajendra Singh, known for his awards winning work in community water management and harvesting shared his experiences and skills on water management and harvesting whilst also learning from the South African experiences.
The Department of Agriculture officials shared information on rain water harvesting and preservation.
According to Adriaan Taljaard of the Water Research Commission, WRC had been appointed as the local implanting agent for the project.
Project Objectives are: To demonstrate MUS approaches in selected communities; Strengthen the existing knowledge base on MUS by engaging into ongoing planning processes; Develop robust tools for effective up-scaling of more equitable and sustainable water services delivery; Inform and support the development of downstream investments into improved water use services, including leveraging finance;
Project outcomes: Optimized water resources development and management for improved service delivery; Improved local water use planning and management, increased investments in improved community water services delivery
The meeting culminated with a field trip to projects sites.
