Title: Legislation on water users' organizations : a comparative analysis /
Authors: Hodgson, Stephen.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Irrigation laws.; Water use Law and legislation
Abstract: "A robust regulatory framework for the corporate governance of water users' organizations is a fundamental ingredient of irrigation management transfer policies. The present publication offers a comparative analysis of the contemporary legislation of a wide variety of countries, providing the needed regulatory framework for water users' organizations to function and grow"--Back cover.
Contents: Introduction -- What's in a name? -- The permitted tasks of WUOs -- The source of WUO legislation and the legal status of WUOs -- Governing documents and operating rules -- Identification of WUO participants -- WUO establishment -- The internal structure of WUOs -- Provisions conferring substantive legal rights and duties on participants -- Financial provisions -- Regulatory oversight -- Substantive rights conferred on WUOs -- Dissolution, liquidation and reorganization -- Federations of WUOs -- Conclusion.