Water Use in Eastern Botswana: Policy Guide and Summary of the Water Points Survey

摘要

A Water Points (WP) Survey was undertaken in Botswana's eastern communal areas to study the effect on the cattle range of different physical types of WP's and of WP management; identify those who benefit from publicly provided livestock water; and assess the effectiveness of group management of dams. In 1974, the Government of Botswana began building dams for livestock watering purposes, placing the dams under the management of cattlemen charged with maintaining dams, regulating water supplies, and raising money for operation and completely fulfill their responsibilities. The dams, after 5 years of use, are not in as bad a state as their predecessors and have not had a particularly negative affect on range conditions.