Transcript Overview of Water Sector Reforms

Eng. SAO Alima
10th November 2016
NWP
of 1999 Outlook
Gains
of Water Sector Reforms
Challenges
Guiding
Principles for new NWP
Transition
Priority
in the Water Sector
due to Water Act 2016
Activities for WSR PIU
The objectives of the National Water
Policy of 1999 was to address four areas:
Integrated
Water
Water Resources Management
Services and Wastewater disposal
Institutional
Sector
framework
financing
 Preserve,
conserve and protect available water
resources and allocate it in a sustainable,
rational and economical way.
 Supply water of good quality and in sufficient
quantities to meet the various water needs,
including poverty alleviation, while ensuring safe
disposal of wastewater and environmental
protection.
 Establish an efficient and effective institutional
framework to achieve a systematic development
and management of the water sector.
 Develop a sound and sustainable financing system
for effective water resources management,
water supply and sanitation development
 Separation
of Policy, WRM, WSS and regulation
functions, clear institutional framework
 Decentralization of functions
 Increased investments to the sector led to more
projects and improved WRM ;
 Pro-poor financing mechanisms
 Greater user and stakeholder participation
 Attraction of more professionals to the sector;
 Improved accountability of WSIs due to
regulation
 Improved water-related data and information
gathering and reporting for urban WSS
 Adoption of the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp);
Source:
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WSRS
Water
Resources
Management
Authority
WRMA
Catchment Areas
Advisory
Committees
CAACs
Water
Services
Regulatory
Board
WSRB
Water
Services
Boards
WSBs
Water Resources
User Associations
WRUAs
Water Resources Management
Water Services
Providers
WSPs
Water and Sewerage Service
Consumers, Users
Regional
level
MWRMD
National level
Water Services
Trust Fund
WSTF
Local level
Consumption, Use
Services
Provision
Regulation
Policy
Formulation
Water Appeal
Board
WAB
 Climate
Change, Disaster Management and
Environmental Degradation;
 Water
availability and competing needs from
various sectors like domestic due to rapid growth
in urbanization, industrial production, tourism,
agricultural and livestock production, among
others; Domestic Water coverage is still low at
58%, sewerage at 25%
 Absence
of reliable information on the rural WSS
sub-sector;
 Mixed
and inconsistent performance of some
sector institutions mainly due to insufficient
governance and autonomy
 Lack
of strategies for Water harvesting and
storage
 Lack
 The
of fully fledged Water Research Institute
sector is yet to attain a comprehensive
investment and financing planning
 High
Non Revenue Water
 Low
Funding of Water Resources Management
 Safeguard
gains made as a result of reforms
 Right to water and realization of universal
access
 Separation of Policy, Regulation, WRM, WSS,
Infrastructure Development and Bulk water
functions
 Support Sector investment and Financing Plan
 Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) for enhanced
development
 Devolution of functions to the lowest
appropriate level
 Autonomy
 Good
 Ring
of WSIs
governance practices on all levels
fencing of income to finance
operational and cost recovery requirements
 Applied
Water Research
 Participatory
 Public
 “User
and Consultative approach
Private Partnership (PPP)
pays and polluter pays” principles
 The
Water Act 2016 provides for transition
from:
 WRMA to WRA
 WASREB to WASREB
 CAACs to Basin Water Resources Committee
 WSBs to Waterworks Development Agencies
 Local Authority WSPs to county government
WSPs
 NWCPC to NWHSA
 WSTF to Water Sector Trust Fund
 Water Appeal Board to Water Tribunal
 The
Act is to come into effect on notice.
 Effective implementation requires:

Designation of National Public Water Works

Designation of WWDAs

A transfer plan for transferring assets, liabilities
and staff of WSBs to WWDAs and WSPs, WRMA to
WRA, NWCPC to NWHSA, WSTF to Water Sector
Trust Fund

Development
legislations
of
the
relevant
subsidiary
 MWI
has established PIU to spearhead reforms
 PIU has prioritized its activities as follows:
 Development of National Water Policy
 Development of Transition Plan and Transfer Plan
 Establishment of Water Harvesting and Storage
Authority
 Establishment of WWDAs and National Public
Water Works
 Development of Subsidiary legislations
 Induction of staff on the Water Act 2016
 Development of Water Sector Reform
Communication Strategy
 Development of Land Reclamation Bill and Policy
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