Emerging Issues on the Sustainability of the Community Based Rural Water Resources Management Approach in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Gwanda District

Dube, Thulani

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2346802

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“…Although community participation and management seems to be a useful tool for sustainable rural water resources management [22][23][24]. In the current study, it was observed that most of the sustainability related problems were mainly due to poor community management as also was reflected by PLS model, indicating that organization issue has a great load on project sustainability ( Figure 5).…”

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confidence: 62%

“…For the Community-Based Management (CBM), project sustainability is a major concern for all the stakeholders [5][6][7]. Sustainability as a concept can be defined as the continuation of water supply services over a long period of the initial investment, or the ability of the water source to continuously yield adequate clean and safe water for the users at any particular time [8,9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainability Assessment and Identification of Determinants in Community-Based Water Supply Projects using Partial Least Squares Path Model

Ibrahim¹

2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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In the current paper, the sustainability of community-based water supply projects in four different states in Sudan was assessed using a set of multidimensional indicators. A sustainability index was developed using a set of sustainability criteria including technical, reliability/risk, social, organisational, financial as well as sustainability. Basic sustainability criteria were selected based on literature review and stakeholders discussion. For each criterion a set of observable indicators was identified, in total 23 indicators were identified. Furthermore, a detailed statistical analysis and model development was carried out to identify main sustainability determinants for community-based water supply projects in Sudan. Partial least squares-path modelling was used to determine and quantify relationships between the sustainability criteria. The results showed that although all analyzed projects were relatively young projects (1 to 4 years), all projects showed low sustainability performance. This was mainly due to organizational as well as financial aspects, which also was confirmed by path modeling analysis, the sustainability of community-based water supply projects was directly related to organizational aspects, but indirectly related to financial issues. There is a need to give more attention to the communities' organizational and financial abilities and to leverage their ability through governmental and/or non-governmental organization support especially after project implementation phase.

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Section: Lessons Learnedmentioning

confidence: 62%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Assessment and Identification of Determinants in Community-Based Water Supply Projects using Partial Least Squares Path Model

Ibrahim¹

2017

J. sustain. dev. energy water environ. syst.

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“…Temperatures range from 18 to 30 °C 15 . The annual rainfall received in this district is estimated at between 300 to 700 mm 15,16 . This low amount of rainfall has necessitated construction of water reservoirs to aide survival of food crops 15,16 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The annual rainfall received in this district is estimated at between 300 to 700 mm 15,16 . This low amount of rainfall has necessitated construction of water reservoirs to aide survival of food crops 15,16 . Major activities to generate income in this district are: subsistence farming, cattle ranching, brick moulding, gold panning, fishing, vending (including trading in Mopani worms) and cross border trading 15,17,18 .…”

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Nutritional factors associated with distribution of Mopani Worms in Mopani woodlands in Tsholotsho and Gwanda Districts, Zimbabwe: A comparative survey

Nunu

Ncube

Dube

et al. 2019

Sci Rep

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Mopani worms are abundant in Gwanda and sporadic in Tsholotsho though the two areas have similar climatic conditions. The study sought to determine nutritional factors that could be associated with distribution of Mopani worms in these two districts. Ten sampling points in undisturbed Mopani woodlands were established in each district. Samples were collected and analysed in the lab to determine the levels of crude protein, tannin and natural detergent fibres levels in leaves and pH, Nitrates, Phosphates and Potassium levels in soil and Welch’s test, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney, Analysis of Variance and the Bonferroni Confidence Intervals were employed to test for significance in the observed differences. Findings showed differences in tree size and leaf length whilst the differences of all other variables (non-extractible tannis, extractible tannis crude protein levels and natural detergent fibres) relating to leaf sample analysis were not statistically significant. Findings on soil sample analysis pointed out that Gwanda had higher pH, Phosphorus and Potassium levels whilst Nitrates were significantly higher in Tsholotsho. Differences in the tree sizes and leaf sizes of the samples from the two sites show that there could be host selection based on these variables.

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“…Similar observations were made in Tanzania where Mayo and Nkiwane (2013) reported that 78% of leadership positions were occupied by men. Participatory approaches are recommended when implementing water project activities because they are instrumental for sustainability of water supply projects (Dube, 2012;Kamruzzaman et al, 2013;Kwangware et al, 2014). In Chiredzi town it was observed that users participate by contributing ideas (55.3%) and cash (16.7%), but 28.0% did not participate in any way.…”

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Sustainability of Chiredzi town water supply and wastewater management in Zimbabwe

Homerai¹,

Mayo²,

Hoko³

2019

Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Urban water supply and sewage coverage in Zimbabwe is currently estimated at 78 and 73%, respectively with unserved population relying on boreholes and pit latrines. However, no study has been conducted to assess how small towns, such as Chiredzi, are sustaining their systems despite limited funding from the Government. A study was carried out to assess the sustainability of Chiredzi town water supply and wastewater management systems in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. The study assessed the level of service provision, level of users' participation and sustainability of water supply and wastewater systems. Data was collected through household questionnaires, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, desk study, water and wastewater analysis results, and field observations. A total of 150 households were interviewed and Statistical Package for Social Science, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet, and De Carvalho Sustainability index were used as tools to analyse data. The service coverage was below the target of 100 and 80% for water supply and sewage coverage, respectively. The study revealed that 55.3% of the respondents were not satisfied with the level of services provided. Stakeholder participation was found to be done through contribution of ideas and reporting pipe burst with very few contributing money. The overall sustainability was found to be 6.5, a category of satisfactory progress towards sustainability. Finally, the findings showed that there is great need to improve on technical, social and financial aspect.

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Emerging Issues on the Sustainability of the Community Based Rural Water Resources Management Approach in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Gwanda District

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Sustainability Assessment and Identification of Determinants in Community-Based Water Supply Projects using Partial Least Squares Path Model

Sustainability Assessment and Identification of Determinants in Community-Based Water Supply Projects using Partial Least Squares Path Model

Nutritional factors associated with distribution of Mopani Worms in Mopani woodlands in Tsholotsho and Gwanda Districts, Zimbabwe: A comparative survey

Sustainability of Chiredzi town water supply and wastewater management in Zimbabwe

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