Watershed governance or intake governance? Implications of Ontario’s <i>Clean Water Act</i> on collaborative watershed governance in rural areas

Minnes, Sarah

doi:10.1080/07011784.2019.1661791

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“…There needs to be greater recognition by society of the need to protect the system so that management occurs correctly. Canada [37] Several authors have identified critical factors that influence the quality-of-service provision and the sustainability of the systems managed by the communities, highlighting the need to develop strategies that can improve effectiveness. Despite presenting areas of study in different countries, some factors were frequently observed.…”

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Review of Community-Managed Water Supply—Factors Affecting Its Long-Term Sustainability

Machado

Oliveira

Matos

2022

Water

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Although water is considered a human right, rural communities in many countries face challenges related to the lack of a safe water supply. In rural areas, where there is no access to public or private water supply, populations have no other choice than to rely on other unsafe sources of water. Community-managed water supply (CMWS) has emerged as an alternative to address the lack of access to safe water. Nonetheless, this alternative has several critical characteristics that harm the sustainability of water supplies. Studies on sustainability and the long-term impact of the CMWS were explored through a review of recent literature using Scopus and Web of Science databases, which analyzed 86 papers reporting on research into the sustainability and efficiency of water supply systems managed and operated by local communities, as well as the long-term critical factors that can interfere with the functionality of these systems. Based on the critical factors most cited in the literature, we proposed a framework of strategies that interrelate and integrate the critical factors into levels of responsibility. The most critical factors are related to the community level, such as inadequate capacity and ineffective systems. This demonstrates the relevance of local characteristics in the implementation of water management systems. The most cited sustainability strategies refer to the local level as the one requiring action to promote effective community involvement and post-construction support. The framework helps to conceptualize what we called an enabling environment for decision-making, and thus, the achievement of the long-term sustainability of water supply.

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confidence: 99%