Better water monitoring tools could help Water User Associations while also providing better measurement of outcomes. Improved water delivery and reduced losses were fundamental expected outcomes of the Irrigation Infrastructure Activity, but the existing data have not been validated, and there are not accurate measures of water delivery to farmers. This makes it difficult to know whether water availability has actually improved for individual farmers. Creating the means for WUAs to more precisely measure water delivery would also potentially help them manage their resources more effectively.
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