| dc.description.abstract | Water is crucial to sustaining life and many resources are expended in
water development and management with the intention of making it
accessible so as to improve people’s lives and promote civilization. The
making of water accessible to people is achieved partly through the
development of structures for water storage (SWSs) such as dams and
pans worldwide. In Kenya, the National Water Conservation and Pipeline
Corporation (NWCPC) is mandated to develop SWSs.
This study examines the cost effectiveness of the implementation of small
SWSs in Kenya by NWCPC. The main study was limited to TANATHI
Water Services Board. The study looks at various aspects of cost
effectiveness such as achievement of project objectives and resource
utilization among other aspects. Previous studies were reviewed while
various stakeholders were also interviewed during data collection. Field
and desk studies were done in Tanathi Water Services Board area using
random sampling of the identified population.
The results reveal that NWCPC has been effective in implementation of
small SWSs. The main benefit noted was the improved water availability
for domestic and livestock uses among several other benefits.
Nonetheless NWCPC still has room for improvement such as in the
completion of SWSs within the scheduled time, monitoring and evaluation
and community involvement.
The study highlights some of the negative issues resulting from the
implementation of the SWSs such as conflicts, loss of livestock, diseases
and influx of wild animals. It also includes proposals on how NWCPC
could be more cost effective in the development of SWSs. These include
improving the time taken to implement SWSs, constructing larger
reservoirs for longer storage periods and involving the stakeholders. | en_US |
