Implementing Tanzanian Water Policy and Law in the Pangani

Basin

Sylvand KamugishaCoordinator, Pangani River Basin Management Project

Tanzania Policy reformsTanzania Policy reformsBefore 1990s- Inadequate water

supply and sanitation due to inadequate community and private sector participation in the implementation and management of the water utilities

1991- 1st National Water Policy: emphasis Government implementer, service provider and regulator

2002- New National Water Policy: Introduced element of devolution and public and civil service reforms

2005- National Water Sector Development Strategy: strategy to implement the policy

2009- Water Resources Management Act and Water Supply and Sanitation Act

Institutional frameworkInstitutional framework

• MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR WATER

• BASIN WATER OFFICE

• INDIVIDUAL WATER USER

After 2002Before 2002

River and Lake Basins in Tanzania

9 Basins1. Pangani River basin2. Wami Ruvu basin3. Rufiji River basin4. Ruvuma and

Southern Coast basin5. Lake Nyasa basin6. Internal Drainage

basin7. Lake Rukwa basin8. Lake Tanganyika

basin9. Lake Victoria basin

Pangani River Basin

Pangani Basin: Resources

• 3.8 million people

• 2nd highest agricultural output in Tanzania

• 17% of Tanzania’s hydropower production

• biodiversity hotspot

• Water-stressed basin, supply does not meet demand = conflicts

• Climate change projections and increasing demand mean that IWRM is an urgent priority

Concluding question

• What are successful strategies for building the institutions needed?