Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

National Water Affairs and Regulation Authority

General Directorate of Water Management
Directorate of Irrigation and Water supply management

SWOT ANALYSIS
OF IRRIGATION AND WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
AND ONE YEAR WORK PLAN

DATE: 28-DEC-2020
 SWOT ANALYSIS

Approach for SWOT Analysis:

Focus Group
Discussion with
Reviewed: Leadership and
1-Water Law Departments of
NWARA Identified major
2- five year plan
to asses existing Meeting with sub components
3- River basin external
situations of set targets ,
plan stakeholders Performed SWOT
Irrigation and prepared one
4- Tashkeel analysis
water supply ( MAIL, AUWSC, year action plan
5- Discretionary management AUWS, FAO) and
budget ( Planning, recommendations
6- other relevant Engineering ,
docuemtns Kabul and
Helmand river
basin
 Strengths Weaknesses
• Capacity of Staff ( Aged and not familiar with modern practices, software's,
models, GIS
• Strong leadership commitment • Resource limitation ( staff lack computers , working space), vacant position
• No oversight on public/private water supply companies
• Approved Water Law/ 5 year national plan
• Limited staff and irrelevant qualifications
• Recognition as Regulatory body for irrigation and water supply • Not fully engaged in NWARA/ADB/FAO/other donors business process
management loop implementing irrigation and water supply projects
• Cooperation of NWARA directors • Scattered database for irrigation and water supply network
• Inadequate capacity to model sub basin water demand and corresponding
allocation

SWOT
Opportunities Analysis
Threats
• AUWSC performance not satisfactory- reluctance in sharing plan and
• Donors and government funded projects ( AUWS,KFW-AUWSC , recognizing us as regulating body-
ADB 570 million USD, SWIM, FAO, JICA in Irrigation , water • The network is aged , financial performance not satisfactory, 70% revenue can
supply and sanitation ) not be collected- non revenue water , unknown customers and network map,
• Strong public an government desire for Regulating and oversight poor physical asset , maintenance
the water supply services of the private and public water supply • AUWS Program implementation at risk due to low capacity to utilize the
companies program fund
• Public private partnership in water supply services for increasing • More extraction of water then allocation , Poor water quality, Different Tariff by
the water supply coverage (15 Projects already designed by private water supply companies
AUWSC should go for PPP) • Not registered private water supply companies
• Poor irrigation physical infrastructure coupled with insufficient water availibity
which leads to reduced agricultural prodcuts
SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Service delivery of public and private

water supply companies

Regulation of water supply companies

Water supply
water supply service coverage

Sanitation and wastewater management

 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Major component Proposed Activities Timeline Required Support

Identify / obtain information of all

the private water supply companies,
(How many, where, network
3 months
- Hiring 2 senior water supply
Service
coverage).
engineer to work along side
existing staff, 1 Database
delivery of Developing a comprehensive
geospatial database of all 6 months
Developer ,1 GIS specialist

public and existing water supply system

- Filling the vacant tashkeel
private water Situational analysis of existing
positions
- Additional space for staff
water supply services by public and 3 months
supply private water supply companies
- Computers for the staff
- Changes to the existing
companies Develop systems and procedures for
organizational structures in
1401
monitoring the private/public water
supply service provisions for better
6 months
water supply services,
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Major component Proposed Activities Timeline Required Support

Developing guidelines for recommendations for

issuing permit to private water supply companies. 3 months

Developing standard format for protocols between

private water supply companies and NWARA 3 months

Developing standard Tariff for water

supply companies
6 months
-Stated in previous slide
-Interdepartmental
Regulation of Developing control /oversight system
for usage of water against allocation
1 year information exchange and
keeping the directorate in the
water supply Identification of private water companies with
information loop
Monthly -Changes to the existing
companies Noncompliance and taking corrective and legal actions
organizational structures in
Developing complaint management 1401
system for water supply service
1 year

Receive and analyzing Monthly performance

report from Public and Private companies Monthly

Monthly coordination meeting with

public/private water supply companies
Monthly
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Major component Proposed Activities Timeline Required Support

Identification of Major water supply

project currently being implemented by 2 months
various stakeholders including donors

Developing Plan for public private partnership for

provision of water supply services to increase
service coverage in close Collaboration with 6 months Stated in previous slide
AUWSC and MoF Interdepartmental
water supply Identifying potential water supply schemes
information exchange and
keeping the directorate in the
service including sources in the cities, districts and
conducting its feasibility and preparing concept
note
1 year
information loop
Changes to the existing
coverage Collaboration with MRRD and AUWSC organizational structures in
for preparing Water supply master plan Monthly 1401
for urban city and rural areas

Arranging regular coordination meeting with

the stakeholder and encouraging them to share Monthly
the project information and status report
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Major component Proposed Activities Timeline Required Support

Collaboration with AUWSC to

develop sanitation plan for five major 1 year
cities

Sanitation and 1 senior waste water

engineer
wastewater Changes to the existing
organizational structures in
management Collaboration with AUWSC and
Donors for concept study of Kabul city
1401
sanitation plan which includes
centralized and decentralized 1 year
sanitation system and Waste water
collection, disposal and treatment ,
and reuse plan for urban city
 SWOT ANALYSIS

Irrigation

Irrigation water Irrigation Strengthening

management and
water allocation infrastructure Irrigation association
development and Mirab system
modelling
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Major component Proposed Activities Timeline Required Support

Creating geospatial database for all

existing irrigation schemes
6 months

Developing Guidelines for demand 3 senior irrigation engineers

6 months
Irrigation estimation Filling the vacant tashkeel
positions
water Estimating Demand for various seasons
of the year and availability of water
6 months Computer for the staff and
additional space
management On pilot basis , carryout Modelling of a sub
6 Month
Interdepartmental
information exchange and
basin water allocation ply) using GIS,WEAP.
and water Developing water allocation plan for sub basin
keeping the directorate in the
information loop
allocation based on available water in collaboration with
basin and sub basin
1 year Changes to the existing
organizational structures in
modelling Formulation of rules such as the calculations of
water turns in the case of Mirab system on a more 1 year
1401
scientific basis

Training provincial staff and Developing Guidelines

for sub basin water demand estimation and water 6 months
allocation modelling.
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Major component Proposed Activities Timeline Required Support

Developing sub basin irrigation infrastructure plan

for Engineering the canals and prioritization of 1 year
the schemes

Management of Canal Program as per 5 year plan.

( Rehabilitation of 1000 Irrigation canal in Next 5 1 year
years)

Identification of major irrigation projects and Stated in previous slide

Collaboration with ADB, World Bank and other 3 months Interdepartmental
Irrigation Donors to
information exchange and
identifying the potential irrigation projects for keeping the directorate in the
infrastructure inclusion in National budget for 1400,1401,1402 in
Collaboration with department
6 months
information loop
Changes to the existing
development developing concept note and feasibility study of
potential irrigation schemes in Collaboration with 1 year organizational structures in
Engineering team 1401
designing and implementing drip and sprinkle
irrigation system in Collaboration with 1 year
Engineering team

Assessment of all the irrigation projects in terms of diagnostic,

lining reach, scheme efficiency, water availability, demand
,changes in water allocation and updating the databse
1 year
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Major component Proposed Activities Timeline Required Support

Developing mechanism for transferring

the Irrigation association from MAIL to 3 months
NWARA

Singing MoU for transferring the Irrigation

associations and Irrigation projects. 3 months
Strengthening Stated in previous slide
Interdepartmental
Irrigation Registration of Irrigation association 2 months information exchange and
keeping the directorate in the
association Working with Irrigation associations for Water
information loop
6 months Changes to the existing
and Mirab allocation , Irrigation scheduling , participation
in canal operation and maintenance organizational structures in
1401
system Strengthening Traditional Mirab system (
technical and institutional capacity to 6 months
operate the canal)

Developing national Irrigation policy in

Collaboration with planning directorate
6 months
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Recommended Work Flow for Irrigation schemes Rehabilitation and new schemes development
River Basin and sub basin Irrigation and water Engineering Department
( Irrigation Department ) supply management at NWARA
directorate at NWARA

●
Pre construction ●
Pre construction
●
Preparing Diagnostic report of irrigation scheme for
existing schemes
●
Reviewing and approving the diagnostic report
●
Preparing inputs for Developing concept note and of existing scheme
feasibility report for new irrigation scheme ●
Developing concept note and feasibility study
●
Determine maximum discharge ,lining and for new irrigation scheme
●
Technical survey
infrastructure intervention for improving system •Reviewing and approving the discharge calculation, ●
Hydraulic design of the irrigation
efficiency lining , infrastructure intervention and losses schemes based on diagnostic report,
●
Determine crop water requirement, water availlibity •Verifying the crop water demand, water
,irrigation scheduling and changes in water distribution availibity,irrigation scheduling and changes in water
feasibility study and concept note
distribution
●
Structural design of the irrigation canal
Determining the existing losses in the system
and associated
●
•Checking the design if the above suggestions are
●
Establishing irrigation association
incorporated ●
Estimation and preparing BoQ for the
●
Installation of water regulation gates for engineering
the canal •Post construction project
●
Post construction •Random monitoring visits to the site to check if the ●
Preparing drawings and technical
●
Training irrigation association for proper operation and irrigation association receive training
maintenance of the canal •Registering Irrigation association specification
●
Management and oversight of allocated water based on •Checking and approving the standardized irrigation
●
Submitting the documents to
the demand at field roster for rotational water supply procurement department
●
Preparing standardized irrigation roster for rotational •Updating the comprehensive geospatial database
water supply
for irrigation canals
●
Providing inputs to Developing sub basin irrigation
•Collaboration with engineering department for
infrastructure plan for Engineering the canals and
prioritization of the schemes irrigation canal design
 SWOT ANALYSIS AND 1 YEAR WORK PLAN

Recommended Work Flow for New Water Supply Projects

River Basin and sub basin Irrigation and water supply Engineering Department at
( Water supply Department management directorate at NWARA
) NWARA

●
Pre construction
●
Pre construction
●
Developing concept note and
●
Preparing inputs for Developing feasibility report
●
Approving source and main water
●
Conducting technical survey
concept note and feasibility report
transmission link
●
Hydraulic design of the water
for new water supply scheme
●
Approving allocated water supply schemes based on
●
Determine source and main water
●
Submitting the report to feasibility study and concept note
transmission
engineering section
●
Estimation and preparing BoQ for
●
Allocating required quantity water
•Checking the design if the above the project
●
Post construction
suggestions are incorporated ●
Preparing drawings and technical
●
Overseeing the operation of water •Post construction specification
supply services
•Random monitoring visits to the site ●
Submitting the documents to
●
Receiving monthly report from
to check if the water supply service procurement department
public/private water supply are as per the standard
utilities and submitting to center •Analyzing and compiling monthly
operation report
Thank you very much