population growth, 1, 10, 257

potentially utilizable water resources (PUWR), 10–11

poverty, 1–2, 11, 25, 36, 63–64, 100, 145, 154, 207, 209, 221, 226, 238, 247, 254, 257

power, 1, 4, 19, 29–31, 33, 39, 57, 62, 65, 82, 88, 96, 100, 105, 121, 129–130, 185, 196, 198, 207, 224, 226, 228, 244, 248–249, 255, 257, 264

inequality, 226

structures, 196, 226

prevention of pollution and abuse, 15, 165–166, 226, 262

primary and secondary data, 254

private

land, 106, 119, 238

ownership, 118

rights, 33–34, 120

sector, 26–27, 227

water rights, 34

water sources, 107, 116

wells, 117, 120–122, 131, 137, 163–164, 173, 176

privately-owned water sources, 116

privatization, 57, 279, 326

project/donor laws, 3, 5

properties, 209

property rights, 5–6, 14–15, 31, 33, 58–60, 65–67, 79, 95, 97, 198–199, 201, 203, 207–209, 244, 257–258

public

land, 111, 118

property, 58, 114

rights, 33

use, 106

water source, 25

punishment, 5, 85, 130, 138, 140, 177, 249

queue, 110, 146, 148–149, 155, 158–159, 210, 234

rainfall pattern, 20

rainwater harvesting, 156

rainy season, 106, 211

rational choice, 55, 57–58, 119, 186, 254

rational choice theories, 55, 58, 254

reciprocal obligation, 119, 123, 126

reciprocity, 48, 60, 124, 126, 154

regional water office, 82, 153–154, 254

relationship, 36, 92, 295–296, 321

religion, 75, 92, 94, 182–183, 187, 189

religious beliefs, 3

religious laws, 3

renewable freshwater, 10

reserved land, 32

rift valley, 45

right of occupancy, 28, 32, 200

Riparian, 116

ritual, 52, 104

river basin management, 9, 37, 41, 263

rivers, 22, 107, 111, 117–118

basins, 10, 23, 28

valleys, 23, 111

roof type, 92, 94, 182–183, 187, 189

rotational guarding, 168–169

rural, 2–3, 5, 7–9, 11, 14–15, 17, 20, 23–25, 27–29, 32, 34–35, 41, 43, 57–66, 68–69, 79–80, 84, 95–96, 98, 107–108, 150, 153–154, 161