Written by:
Ginasiyo Mutoti,
Nadrit Water and
Environmental Consultancy
Reviewed by:
Dr.T. Chiramba
SADC WSCU
Published by:
The Regional Economic Development and Integration (REDI) Programme of the Southern African
Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC), P O Box 5690, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Email: sardc@sardc.net or redi@sardc.net
Funded by:
The African Development Bank under its African Development Fund’s Technical
Assistance Fund.
The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of ADB or SARDC
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Water Resources
| Introduction |
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This document is a qualitative assessment of
the extent of regional integration in the
water resources sector of Southern African Development
Community (SADC) in the last two
decades..full details
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| Background |
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SADC is a regional grouping of 14 countries, which include
12 continental and two island states. The regional
grouping was formed in 1980 by nine continental member states
as the Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference
(SADCC), with the primary objective of reducing economic
dependence on apartheid South Africa..full details
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| Developments in the water sector |
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For several years, even prior to 1980, SADC member
states collaborated on shared water resources management.
Various member states established numerous bilateral
and multilateral agreements. Permanent technical committees
met to discuss on a bilateral or multilateral level
matters of mutual interest on the various river basins.. ..full details
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| Constraints to development of water resources |
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A number of limitations are often cited as hindering
SADC's endeavour to achieve an integrated approach
to water resources development...full
details
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| SADC in the global context |
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Despite the challenges, these developments are a
reflection of the concerted efforts being made to more
efficiently utilize the water resources in southern Africa for
the mutual benefit of the region. SADC has been responding
positively to global trends as well as regional needs to
sustainably use its limited water resources....full details
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| Policy
recommendations |
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Challenges to water supply are best resolved by people
directly faced with them. Community participation is
a necessary part of the process of assessing, planning,
designing and implementing of water resource schemes....full details
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