Mumma, AlbertLane, MichaelKairu, EdwardTuinhof, AlbertHirji, Rafik2014-03-072014-03-072011-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17227This report presents a case study on groundwater governance in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to: (a) describe groundwater resource and socioeconomic settings for four selected aquifers; (b) describe governance arrangements for groundwater management in Kenya; and (c) identify the relevance of these arrangements for planning and implementing climate change mitigation measures. The report provides a comprehensive strategy to develop effective groundwater management and a pilot groundwater management plan. Kenya's draft Policy for the Protection of Groundwater provides most of the requirements for improving groundwater governance, including participation and empowerment of groundwater users, decentralization of management to local level, integration of surface and groundwater management, improving monitoring and data collection, identifying sites for managed aquifer recharge (MAR), mapping strategic aquifers and conjunctive use opportunities, and identifying groundwater conservation areas. Groundwater management decision making is sector-based and on the whole ad hoc; there is no mechanism for coordination and for fostering cross-sector linkages. Consequently, the management of groundwater resources has continued to be carried on in isolation from the management of land and other land-based resources, with the inevitable consequence that the implications of management decisions in critical areas such as physical are planning, land use planning, and agricultural activities have often been overlooked. At the same time, groundwater decision making remains overly centralized, with limited real involvement of stakeholder units, such as catchment area advisory committees (CAACs) and water resources user associations (WRUAs).en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABSTRACTION POINTSAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL ECONOMYANNUAL PRECIPITATIONAQUIFERAQUIFER MANAGEMENTAQUIFER PROTECTIONAQUIFER RECHARGEAQUIFERSARID COUNTRIESARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATERARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGEARTIFICIAL RECHARGEAVAILABLE WATERAVAILABLE WATER RESOURCESBANK STORAGEBASIN MANAGEMENTBASIN WATERBASINSBOREHOLESBULK WATERBULK WATER SUPPLYCATCHMENTCATCHMENT AREACATCHMENT AREASCATCHMENT LEVELCATCHMENT MANAGEMENTCATCHMENTSCITY COUNCILCITY WATERCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCLEAN WATERCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE VARIABILITYCOASTAL AREASCOASTAL LAGOONSCOMMERCIAL WATERCONJUNCTIVE USECONSTRUCTIONCROP FAILURECUBIC METERSDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FOR WATERDISSOLVED SOLIDSDOMESTIC WATERDOMESTIC WATER SUPPLYDRAINAGEDROUGHTEARTH SCIENCESEFFICIENT WATER USEENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEQUITABLE ACCESSEVAPORATIONFOOD PRODUCTIONFRESH WATERFRESHWATERFRESHWATER AVAILABILITYGEOTHERMAL RESOURCESGLOBAL WATER CRISISGOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTSGROUND WATERGROUNDWATERGROUNDWATER ABSTRACTIONGROUNDWATER BASINSGROUNDWATER BODIESGROUNDWATER DATAGROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENTGROUNDWATER EXPLOITATIONGROUNDWATER FOR IRRIGATIONGROUNDWATER ISSUESGROUNDWATER MANAGEMENTGROUNDWATER POLLUTIONGROUNDWATER PROJECTSGROUNDWATER PROTECTIONGROUNDWATER QUALITYGROUNDWATER RESOURCESGROUNDWATER STORAGEGROUNDWATER USEGROUNDWATER USERSHAND PUMPSHOUSEHOLDSICEINDUSTRIAL USEINDUSTRIAL WATERINTENSIVE GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTIONINTENSIVE GROUNDWATER USEINTERNATIONAL WATERINTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCESIRRIGATIONIRRIGATION WATERIRRIGATION WATER SUPPLYIRRIGATORSLAKESLAND DEGRADATIONLAND USEMANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATERMANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCESMANAGEMENT OF WATERMANAGING WATER RESOURCESMEASUREMENTSMETROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENTMINISTRY OF WATERMONITORING PROGRAMMUNICIPAL WATERMUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIESNATIONAL WATER POLICYNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNATURAL RECHARGENATURAL RESOURCESPESTICIDESPIPELINEPIT LATRINEPOLLUTIONPOOR WATER QUALITYPOPULATION CENTERSPOPULATION GROWTHPRESSUREPRIVATE PARTICIPATIONPRIVATE WATER SUPPLYPROTECTED AREASPROTECTION OF GROUNDWATERPROVISION OF WATERPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC WATERPUBLIC WATER SUPPLYPUMPINGPUMPSQUALITY WATERRAINRAINFALLRAW WATERREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTRENEWABLE GROUNDWATER RESOURCESRENEWABLE WATER RESOURCESRIVER BASINRUNOFFRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSALINE INTRUSIONSAND DAMSSANITATIONSANITATION DEVELOPMENTSEDIMENTSSEMI-ARID LANDSSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE PROVIDERSSEWERAGE COMPANYSEWERAGE SERVICESSHARED WATER RESOURCESSOCIAL SERVICESSPRINGSSURFACE WATERSURFACE WATER DEVELOPMENTSURFACE WATER RESOURCESSURFACE WATER SUPPLYSURFACE WATER SYSTEMSSURFACE WATERSSUSTAINABLE USETOWNSURBAN RUNOFFUSE OF WATERWASTE MANAGEMENTWASTE WATERWASTEWATERWASTEWATER DISPOSALWATER ALLOCATIONWATER ALLOCATIONSWATER BOARDSWATER CATCHMENT AREASWATER CONSERVATIONWATER FACILITIESWATER GOVERNANCEWATER INDUSTRYWATER LEGISLATIONWATER PARTNERSHIPWATER POLLUTIONWATER PROFESSIONALSWATER QUALITYWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLANSWATER RESOURCES PLANNINGWATER RIGHTSWATER SECTORWATER SECTOR REFORMWATER SERVICEWATER SERVICE PROVIDERSWATER SERVICESWATER SHORTAGESWATER SOURCESWATER STORAGEWATER STRATEGYWATER SUPPLY PROJECTSWATER SYSTEMSWATER TABLEWATER TARIFFSWATER UNITWATER USERWATER USESWELLSWETLANDSWILDLIFE SERVICE10.1596/17227