FARMERS' ORGANISATIONS
d) One representative of the union Council with the largest area within the jurisdiction of the FO.
The WAC may co-opt independent specialists as advisory members without vote.
3) Section 13 sub-section (3), (4) and (5) shall mutatis mutandis apply.
4) The tasks of the WAC committee on FO level are -
a) to establish, in close coordination with the WAC at branch level, a systematic basis for water rights of the various Water Courses and non agricultural users, based on design CCA, historic discharges, actual CCA, hydraulic conditions and special conditions (e.g. drinking water needs) with special attention to rights and distribution in times of drought;
b) to determine (initially on basis of design discharges, evolving over time to negotiated water rights incorporating the limitations posed by the infrastructural conditions, historic discharges, and market principles) the water share of the WCAs under “normal water availability” for a weekly interval. A register should be maintained containing those rights;
c) to inspect the register on water rights periodically (minimally each season) and ensure it is correctly, timely and systematically updated;
d) to plan each season on a weekly basis the water allocation for the various WCAs, using the established water rights (or design discharges as the case may be), the forecasted water availability during the season and special considerations for each FO;
e) to adapt the planned water distribution to real water availability in case this differs from the forecasted;
f) to ensure discharge measurements are carried correctly (technically as well as with integrity), at the correct places and with appropriate intervals;
g) to compare the planned discharges to the actual discharges and explain differences;
h) to publish and make accessible to the FO-members, WCA members as well as other users, in a way to be decided by the committee members, the comparison mentioned under f) on a monthly basis;
i) to suggest infrastructural and maintenance works to be carried out on distributary/minor or WCA inlets in order to enable water distribution as required;
j) to function as a multi-stakeholder platform for discussions on water allocation:
· receive complaints from water users at FO level and study these;
· call meetings if required;
· communicate opinions of the stakeholders at FO level;
· negotiate changes in allocation and or rights if needed.
k) to negotiate changes of priorities or the inclusion of new users if needed in close coordination with the WAC at Branch level; and
l) to conduct an annual meeting in which the functioning of the committee is evaluated. Official minutes shall be produced and made available to all FO members.
52. Community Advisory Committees
1) For the purpose of a smooth interaction with and the local communities in which they operate, the FOs may establish a CAC.
2) The CAC shall consist of -
(a) four representatives of the FO in whose command area the issue is at stake. Of the representatives of the FO two shall be tail end farmers. They shall not be members of the General Body of their FO;
