MAKING A DIFFERENCE - Pangani Basin Water Board

community participation in Water Resources Management
The Pangani Basin Water Board
has registered 6 Water Users
Associations (WUAs) namely
Upper Kikuletwa, Sanya Kware,
Karanga-Kikafu-Weruweru, Lower
Kikuletwa, Pangani Mainstem
and Zigi-Mkulumuzi. Each WUA
operates in its defined catchment
area and is led by a management
committee of 6 members
who along with other members
abide with their constitution as
the major tool in the management
and development of water
resources in their areas.
This is a result of IWRM awareness
raising meetings conducted
by the Basin Water Board with
financial and technical support
from development partners in
Pangani River Basin Management
Project which facilitated
Environmental flow
scenarios
Integrated Flow Assessment, a component
of the Pangani River Basin Management
Project aims to collect and synthesize
present knowledge on the Pangani
River system and its users to promote
an integrated (IWRM) approach to future
water-allocation decisions. In conducting
this work, Tanzanian and international
specialists worked together to develop
an understanding of the hydrology of the
whole Pangani River Basin, the physical,
chemical and biological nature and
health of the river ecosystem and the
importance of the river for peoples’ lives
and livelihoods. It reports on the condition
of the river system in the dry and
wet seasons and identifies key areas of
concern for the river system, estuary and
major wetlands. It highlights the relationship
between the river and the people
of the basin, reports on their wellbeing
and begins to explore their sensitivity to
changes in flow and ecosystem condition.
The knowledge will be used to guide
future research on the river and its users,
and to develop a simple decision-making
tool that can aid decisions on a fair balance
between water development and
protection of the river’s resources.
4 WUAs in the Kikuletwa Catchment,
GWI-East Africa which facilitated the
Pangani Mainstem and WSDP which
facilitated the processes in Zigi-Mkulumuzi.
Community participation processes in
water resources management involved
engaging several stakeholders
at district, ward and village
levels where a good number
of people got knowledge on
IWRM aspect and sustainable
management of water
resources.
The Office plans to build
capacity of the WUAs through
training the management
committees and enhancing
exchange visits.
Towards Protection of Watersheds
and Groundwater Recharge Areas
Pangani Basin Water Board uses the
following approaches in the process
of protection of watersheds and
groundwater rechage areas
• Identification of existing water
sources in the basin and then to
sort out vulnerable and threatened
water sources. This is done
through cooperation with LGAs,
Municipal and city councils, Urban
and rural water authorities,
WUAs and private sectors.
• Inventorying known and potential
sources of contaminants within
the area surrounding the water
source (Watershed/catchment)
according to the information
given and physical observation.
• Site visits at the vulnerable and
threatened water sources.
• Determination of susceptibility
of water source to these
contaminants by analyzing the
water physically, chemically and
bacteriologically for each source
to be demarcated
• Discharge measurement of the
water sources.
• Notification and involvement
of the public about the threat
identified in the source and
what they mean to their water
source.
• Demarcation of the sources
• Implement management
measures to prevent, reduce
and eliminate the threat to
water source
• Identification of areas to be
gazetted
The Pangani Basin Water Board
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
in the Pangani Basin
About the Basin
Pangani Basin is amongst the nine Basins of Tanzania. It is situated in the North Eastern part of the country.
The Basin is led by a Water Board which operates in accordance with the Water Resources Management
Act No. 11 of 2009. The Board was established in 1991 following Water Utilization and Control Act No. 42
of 1974 and its ammendment Act No 10 of 1981
Vision
To achieve sustainable management and
development of water resources and providing
equitable opportunities and benefits to the Basin
population and Tanzania as a whole
Mission
To ensure that water resources are managed
sustainably through water governance and
integrated water resources management
principles
Basin core functions
• Water resources assessment and monitoring
• Water allocation
• Water sources protection and conservation
• Pollution control
The Pangani Basin includes
Mts. Kilimanjaro and Meru,
Nyumba ya Mungu Dam, The
Maasai Steppe and the regions
of Arusha, Kilimanjaro,
Simanjiro and Tanga. It is
a water stressed Basin and
conflicts have emerged among
water users. IUCN, through
the Water & Nature Initiative,
the EU-ACP Water Facility,
GWI Running dry Program
and UNDP/GEF through the
Climate Change Adaptation
portfolio, are providing
support to Pangani Basin
to broadly strengthen water
resources management through
IWRM planning and Strengthen
community participation in
water management and prepare
the water sector for climate
change impacts.
The primary partner in this
work is the Pangani Basin
Water Board in, which is
mandated to manage, monitor
and ensure the conservation of
water resources in the basin.
Partners help in Conducting
a River Flow Assessment to
examine various flow scenarios
and their implications for
people’s livelihoods and the
environment and establishing
catchment forums in the basin
which strengthen the capacity
of water users to participate in
decision making

Calendar of Events
Developing an IWRMD plan for Pangani Basin
January, 2011
Environment Safeguard Training
Workshop, Morogoro
4th - 6th February, 2011
Chago Wetland Conservation Meeting
Same.
9th February, 2011
CCDP Meeting
Lusaka, Zambia
18th February, 2011
21st Partners Meeting
PBWO, Moshi
22nd to 26th February, 2011
Inhouse Training of WUAs Management
Committees
Arusha
28th February to 5th March, 2011
Field Visit by WUAs in
Pangani Basin
7th to 8th March,2011
GWI Project Mgt Team Meeting
Moshi
10th to 12th March, 2011
2nd Chago Wetland Conservation
Meeting
Same
14th to 17th March, 2011
Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop,
Arusha
15th - 17th March, 2011
GWI Proposal design Workshop, Moshi
23rd March, 2011
LGA Feedback Meetings on WUA
Moshi
24th March, 2011
LGA Feedback Meetings on WUA
Hai
28th March, 2011
LGA Feedback Meetings on WUA
Arusha
29th March, 2011
LGA Feedback Meetings on WUA
Simanjiro
31st March -2nd April,2011
Website Training, Moshi
30th March -3rd April, 2011
GIS Training, Moshi
5th April, 2011
WUAs Launching, Arusha
5th - 6th April, 2011
ELAN Workshop on CC
Dar es Salaam
7th - 8th April, 2011
Seminars for Law Enforcement
Officers
11th - 14th April, 2011
Workshop on CC scenarios
Capetown, South Africa
Integrated Water Resources
Management and
Development Plan
Pangani Basin Water Board
plans to procure a consultant
to support preparation of
IWRM and development plans.
ToR and EoI for design of IWRM
and Dev. plans for the Basin have
been issued and evaluated.6 firms
out of 36 were shortlisted and
RFPs were issued on 16th Dec,
2010 and deadline was set to
22nd Feb, 2011 but it is extended
to 11th Mar, 2011. The plan
will help mainstream IWRM in
sectoral plans in the water sector
and ensure sustainable water
resources management
Community
story
The Pangani Basin Water
Board and IUCN through the
Global Water Initiative, has
supported the construction of
a cattle trough in Ruvu, Same
District which is in an extremely
dry area of Tanzania where the
majority of the population are
pastoralists. Onesmo Zakaria,
with the IUCN Pangani Project
Office interviewed seventy
years old, Maasai elder, Mzee
Laisi Mkaine. Mkane is thankful
to the donor and the partners
involved in implementing the
GWI Program, he thanked
the donor and implementing
partner for their commitment
to fulfill an important priority
for the community – “I have
seen a huge difference
between this new cattle
trough and our traditional troughs”.
Mkaine mentions three major
differences between traditional troughs
and the new GWI aided cattle trough,
“our traditional troughs can only take
10 cows per phase, it takes a lot of
time for communities to re-dig every
after a rain comes and furthermore
it jeopardizes lives of animals and
headsman mostly youth (Morans)
when it often collapses. We have
been told and we can also see by
ourselves that the new modern trough
can serve 100 cattle per phase and is
free from other hazards I mentioned”.
Mzee Mkaine is very optimistic of the
sustainability of the trough, “I have
once visited Mkandi in Mnazi, Lushoto
district where I witnessed a cattle
trough which was constructed way
back in 1965 and it is still intact and
serves the purpose as ever before
despite some small challenges such
as increased number of animals”.
In a closing remark, Mkaine calls
upon the initiative and other actors to
find a way of helping the community
in their initiative to replace the hand
pump by appropriate technology that
can fill the already constructed tank
to acquire fruitful objectives of the
trough. He says, “We were promised
by the district about the installment
of the pump that will go concurrently
with the construction of the dipping
trough in the vicinity. However,
the community has learned that
the trough will be ready before the
construction of the dipping trough
and the pump installation. As a
result we have mobilized ourselves
so each pastoralist contributes
TShs 5,000 (700,000 already in
custody) to install the pump”. This
financial input shows continued
commitment from the community.
Along with Mzee Laisi the community
at Ruvu Jiungeni (Kombo Sub)
Village proposes the construction
of a windmill to pump water from
a nearby borehole which will
have a minimum running cost.
The Global Water Initiative (GWI)
is funded by Howard G. Buffet
Foundation has the aim of ‘ensuring
that vulnerable populations worldwide
have reliable access to clean
water in such a way that their
dignity, rights, culture and natural
environment are not negatively
impacted’. In Tanzania, the GWI
partnership consists of CARE,
Catholic Relief Services and IUCN.
Story by Onesmo Zakaria (IUCN,
2009)