1. Farmer Water User Community (FWUC)
3rd CDN meeting, 19 May 2013

2. What is FWUC?
organizations of farmers established in order to own, operate and maintain the irrigation system and related infrastructure that serve the land that they cultivate.

3. FWUC committee FWUC committee normally consists of
4 persons as FWUC executive committee
3 persons per group as FWUG committee
2 persons per sub-group
Number of group and sub-group divided depending on branch canal and area irrigated

4. FWUC structure
FWUC
FWUG
Sub-group

5. Role and responsibility of FWUC committee
Manage whole irrigation area
Functioning by statutes approved by MOWRAM
Hold a general meeting
Decision of water distribution plan
Decision and collecting irrigation service fee

6. FWUG Implementing the work program of the Community;
Coordinating between members of FWUG and community; and
Collecting irrigation service fee from the members according to the terms set by the community

7. Sub-group
Collecting fee
Manage side canal
Join FWUC committee meeting

8. Stakeholders/partners involved
Local authorities ( village, commune, district and provincial level)
Line department/ministry
Private Water Seller (PWS)

9. Irrigation Service Fee setting up (ISF)
FWUC executive committee draft the ISF
(statute)
Consultation meeting at village basis
Finalize the ISF
Normally, it is 150kg/ha/yr
The fee can be in the form of rice or money

10. Fee payment
Without PWS, Farmers pay ISF directly to FWUC ( Farmers pump water from the canal by themselves)
With PWS, Farmers pay water fee to PWS according to number of cropping ( water fee can be ranged from 300, ,000 riel/ha) and PWS pay ISF to FWUC

11. What Officially FWUC need to have
Statute/by-law
Bank account
Committee ( organizational chart)
5-year maintenance plan

12. Steps in FWUC establishment and Capacity building ( by PDOWRAM)
Meeting with local authorities
Village meeting to introduce PIMD ( Participatory Irrigation Management and Development) and Objective of forming FWUC
Sub-group leader election
FWUG leader election
FWUC committee election

13. Draft and finalize statute/by-law
Consultation meeting at village basis
Draft and finalize 5-year maintenance plan

14. FWUC capacity building
Operation ( 6 lessons)
Maintenance (7 lessons)
Additional course (10 lessons)

15. What CAVAC do for irrigation?
Construction and O&M
Consultation with PDOWRAM to identify potential canal to be rehabilitated
Site visit
Feasibility study
Canal alignment identification and pegging
Land-loss check
Topography ( PDOWRAM)

16. Detail design (CAVAC)
Bidding- Temporary monitor committee setting up (community)
Construction
FWUC establishment and capacity building

17. Main canal

18. Secondary canal

19. Delivery canal

20. Canal alignment identification activities

21. Concrete canal

22. Canal construction

23. Canal alignment pegging

24. Irrigated rice field

25. Successful farmer

26. Thank you!!!!