Strengths and Weaknesses of Community-Based Systems in Municipal Services Delivery: The Case of a Community-Based Water Supply Scheme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

2019 ◽  
pp. 439-455
Author(s):  
Yohannes Edwin Kachenje
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Services Delivery

scholarly journals Myth and reality of community ownership and control of community-managed piped water systems in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Fielmua
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Piped Water ◽  
The Government ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Abstract Water supply has remained centralised and governments advanced several reasons (health benefits and increase in rural productivity) for the state-led water services delivery. This approach had budgetary and sustainability challenges. This led to a community-based management approach in which communities were required to contribute towards water supply and own the water supply. This paper explores households’ perception of who owns and controls community water systems that were provided under the ambit of community-based management regimes. The study was conducted in four communities in the Upper West Region of Ghana. Data were collected using two main sources: (i) a household survey, using questionnaires; and (ii) a platform, comprising 14 participants. The study found that there is a relationship between community contribution and ownership of the water systems. Community level actors argue that communities own the water systems, because they contributed towards capital cost and are responsible for operations and maintenance. Community level actors have control over the decisions of the water systems. Legal ownership resides in the government and communities manage the water systems and appropriate the returns, thus creating a sense of ownership of the water systems. As such, there is a dualistic ownership of the water systems.

Climate change impacts on water resources in a rural community in Limpopo province, South Africa: a community-based adaptation to water insecurity

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 587-598
Author(s):  
Sejabaledi Agnes Rankoana
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Adaptation Practices ◽  
Community Based Adaptation

Purpose The study explored the impacts of climate change on water resources, and the community-based adaptation practices adopted to ensure water security in a rural community in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted in Limpopo Province, South Africa. The participatory approach was used to allow community members to share their challenges of water scarcity, and the measures they have developed to cope with inconsistent water supply. Findings The study results show that the community obtains water for household consumption from the reticulation system supplied by Mutale River and the community borehole. These resources are negatively impacted by drought, change in the frequency and distribution of rainfall, and increased temperature patterns. The water levels in the river and borehole have declined, resulting in unsustainable water supply. The community-based adaptation practices facilitated by the water committee include observance of restrictions and regulations on the water resources use. Others involve securing water from neighbouring resources. Originality/value This type of community-based action in response to climate change could be used as part of rural water management strategies under climate change.

Household participation in community-based rural water supply systems: experience from Kerala, India

Water Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. R. Nisha
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
User Participation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Rural Water Supply ◽  
Household Characteristics ◽  
Rural Water ◽  
Group Meetings

This study identifies the factors which influence user participation in community-based rural water supply schemes in north Kerala, using primary data. To capture the rate of participation, two forms of indices were constructed: one to measure attendance in group meetings, and the other to measure their influence on decisions. The relative importance of factors such as locality, group and household characteristics that affect participation were analysed using linear regression models. Of the three sets of factors, it was found that household characteristics were the most influential. The analysis shows that males actively participated in group meetings. Level of education and involvement of households in other local organizations were the other major factors affecting participation.

Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and Norms of Participation in Tanzania: Working against the Grain

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Dill
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Popular Participation ◽  
Sociocultural Environment ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Emergence Of Institutions ◽  
Contemporary Development

Abstract:The “institutional turn” in contemporary development theory has emphasized the importance of facilitating the emergence of institutions that will improve citizens' abilities to make choices. More important, it has suggested that the effectiveness of these institutions depends upon their ability to “work with the grain” of the local sociocultural environment. This article argues that community-based organizations (CBOs), as one prominent embodiment of institutional blueprints guiding relationships between state and nonstate actors in development efforts, are a poor fit in the context of contemporary urban Tanzania. This is because they are not consonant with the norms that have long governed popular participation in either the development process or associational life. Although the specific conclusions are limited to Dar es Salaam, the study calls for a method of interrogation that is not only historically and sociologically grounded, but also broadly applicable to other development issues.

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