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Framework for Water Source Protection (Volume 1 of Framework and Guidelines for Water Source Protection).

Country/Territory
Uganda
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sustainable development Sustainable use Ecosystem preservation Public participation Water users' associations Public private partnership (PPP) Freshwater pollution Waterworks Pollution control
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

These Guidelines contain general principles of and rules for Water Source Protection (e.g. protecting the water sources from threats, such as pollution, siltation and low water flows). They provide guidance for different stakeholders ranging from regulators, water users, to project managers for the implementation of water source protection, further elaborated by four other volumes that give specific guidance for the following types of water infrastructure: Piped water supplies (groundwater, surface water abstraction from lakes, rivers and reservoirs, gravity flow piped schemes from springs); Point water supplies (point source abstractions from wells, boreholes, springs and surface water, generally in rural and peri-urban areas); Multipurpose reservoirs and valley tanks (surface water impoundments and abstraction from rivers, lakes, reservoirs and surface runoff); Hydroelectric Power Plants (hydroelectric dams, run-of-river hydroelectric power stations). It is agreed that three percent of infrastructure budgets should be allocated to catchment and source protection. These guidelines were developed to enable these projects to implement this decision. The Guidelines set out a Framework for Water Source Protection Planning consisting of the following steps: Initiation and Preparation; Technical Analysis; Stakeholder Engagement; Resource Mobilisation; procedures for Water source protection plans & protection zones.

Full text
English
Website
www.mwe.go.ug