THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY

There are 22 Water User Associations (WUA) with 23 204 registered farmers in the Şanlıurfa-Harran Plain, within the scope of GAP project. WUAs are operating irrigation systems since 1994, which were transferred by State Hydraulic Works (DSI), according to the Law No 6172 published in 2011. The Law c...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Mustafa Hakkı AYDOĞDU, Bahri KARLI, Kasım YENİGÜN, Ali Rıza MANCI, Murat AYDOĞDU
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	DE EN FR TR
Publicado:	Fırat University 2019
Materias:	gap harran plain water user associations wuas law no. 6172 water management Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/8c1db5ba367640b7b3d0cdd7033c1cde
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:8c1db5ba367640b7b3d0cdd7033c1cde
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8c1db5ba367640b7b3d0cdd7033c1cde2021-11-24T09:20:58ZTHE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY2148-416310.9761/JASSS2488https://doaj.org/article/8c1db5ba367640b7b3d0cdd7033c1cde2019-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jasstudies.com/index.jsp?mod=tammetin&makaleadi=145600555_11-Yrd.%20Do%C3%A7.%20Dr.%20Mustafa%20Hakk%C4%B1%20AYDO%C4%9EDU.pdf&key=27194https://doaj.org/toc/2148-4163There are 22 Water User Associations (WUA) with 23 204 registered farmers in the Şanlıurfa-Harran Plain, within the scope of GAP project. WUAs are operating irrigation systems since 1994, which were transferred by State Hydraulic Works (DSI), according to the Law No 6172 published in 2011. The Law covers the transfer of irrigation facilities done by DSİ to WUAs for proper operations based on Turkey's water assets and resources in order to ensure the rational use. The WUAs were established for the purposes of increasing ownership by farmers, conservation, operation, maintenance and repairs carried out by farmers via ensure service continuity and increased efficiency in the provision of sustainability of the systems. It is known that, because of various reasons, irrigation management insufficiently developed in Turkey. The situation is the same in the Harran Plain as well. It cannot be said conducted water management to provide the expected benefits from GAP irrigation areas under the existing conditions. Additional legal and administrative arrangements are needed. Some of the issues have serious problems such as; Crop pattern in cultivated areas, the given amount of water to WUAs, salinization due to wild irrigations and resulting of soil quality and yield losses, lack of training and supervision, establishment of upper association, elections and the collections of water fees. It cannot be said that sufficient ownership by farmers. The ownership of the systems and rate of willingness to pay of farmers will increase, if some conditions are provided by WUAs.Mustafa Hakkı AYDOĞDUBahri KARLIKasım YENİGÜNAli Rıza MANCIMurat AYDOĞDUFırat Universityarticlegapharran plainwater user associationswuas law no. 6172water managementSocial SciencesHSocial sciences (General)H1-99DEENFRTRJournal of Academic Social Science Studies , Vol 7, Iss 28, Pp 179-196 (2019)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	DE EN FR TR
topic	gap harran plain water user associations wuas law no. 6172 water management Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99
spellingShingle	gap harran plain water user associations wuas law no. 6172 water management Social Sciences H Social sciences (General) H1-99 Mustafa Hakkı AYDOĞDU Bahri KARLI Kasım YENİGÜN Ali Rıza MANCI Murat AYDOĞDU THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY
description	There are 22 Water User Associations (WUA) with 23 204 registered farmers in the Şanlıurfa-Harran Plain, within the scope of GAP project. WUAs are operating irrigation systems since 1994, which were transferred by State Hydraulic Works (DSI), according to the Law No 6172 published in 2011. The Law covers the transfer of irrigation facilities done by DSİ to WUAs for proper operations based on Turkey's water assets and resources in order to ensure the rational use. The WUAs were established for the purposes of increasing ownership by farmers, conservation, operation, maintenance and repairs carried out by farmers via ensure service continuity and increased efficiency in the provision of sustainability of the systems. It is known that, because of various reasons, irrigation management insufficiently developed in Turkey. The situation is the same in the Harran Plain as well. It cannot be said conducted water management to provide the expected benefits from GAP irrigation areas under the existing conditions. Additional legal and administrative arrangements are needed. Some of the issues have serious problems such as; Crop pattern in cultivated areas, the given amount of water to WUAs, salinization due to wild irrigations and resulting of soil quality and yield losses, lack of training and supervision, establishment of upper association, elections and the collections of water fees. It cannot be said that sufficient ownership by farmers. The ownership of the systems and rate of willingness to pay of farmers will increase, if some conditions are provided by WUAs.
format	article
author	Mustafa Hakkı AYDOĞDU Bahri KARLI Kasım YENİGÜN Ali Rıza MANCI Murat AYDOĞDU
author_facet	Mustafa Hakkı AYDOĞDU Bahri KARLI Kasım YENİGÜN Ali Rıza MANCI Murat AYDOĞDU
author_sort	Mustafa Hakkı AYDOĞDU
title	THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY
title_short	THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY
title_full	THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY
title_fullStr	THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY
title_full_unstemmed	THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY
title_sort	structural problems of water user associations and recommended solutions in the harran plain in gap region, turkey
publisher	Fırat University
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/8c1db5ba367640b7b3d0cdd7033c1cde
work_keys_str_mv	AT mustafahakkıaydogdu thestructuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT bahrikarli thestructuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT kasımyenigun thestructuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT alirızamanci thestructuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT murataydogdu thestructuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT mustafahakkıaydogdu structuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT bahrikarli structuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT kasımyenigun structuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT alirızamanci structuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey AT murataydogdu structuralproblemsofwateruserassociationsandrecommendedsolutionsintheharranplainingapregionturkey
_version_	1718415366412042240

THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS OF WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS IN THE HARRAN PLAIN IN GAP REGION, TURKEY

Ejemplares similares