The Water (Waste Discharge) Regulations, 1998 also made under the Act provide
for the establishment of standards for effluent or waste before discharge into water or
on land, prohibition on the discharge of effluent or waste and the requirement for
waste discharge permits. Regulation 4 prohibits any discharge of effluent or waste on
land or into the aquatic environment contrary to the standards established unless with
a permit issued by the Director.
If the discharge of wastes is regulated and such wastes are treated first before their
discharge into the water or on land, then soil quality shall be protected, resilience
promoted and soil health restored. This consequently shall lead to improvement in
the soil quality and fertility leading to an increase in soil productivity.
The recently promulgated Policy, the National Irrigation Policy, 2017 has the
vision of transforming agriculture through irrigation development.
40 Its goal is to
ensure sustainable availability of water for irrigation and its efficient use for
enhanced crop production, productivity and profitability that will contribute to
food security and wealth creation.
Priority area 1 under the policy is to enhance investments for irrigation development by public, private and other players. The Government is required to implement
the following strategic interventions under this priority area:
• Promoting public investments for irrigation targeting development of irrigation
infrastructure, agricultural water harvesting and storage;
• Extending affordable credit facilities and bank loans for development of irrigation
projects, especially small-scale irrigation schemes to be executed by local community groups and individual progressive farmers;
• Providing incentives to encourage private sector investment in the irrigation
schemes; and
• Identifying potential irrigation investments portfolio with special emphasis on
those that could attract private sector investors and/or progressive farmers including smallholders.
The National Water Policy, 1995 provides a frame work for the provision of
water of adequate quantity and quality for all agricultural activities and investment
needs of the present and future generations. It takes into account economic liberalization, privatization and Decentralization reforms. Its objective is to sustainably
manage and develop the water resources in an integrated and sustainable manner so
as to secure and provide water of adequate quantity and quality for all social and
economic needs of the present and future generations.
Under Section 1.2, the policy is intended to promote development and efficient
use of water in Agriculture in order to increase productivity and mitigate effects of
adverse climatic variations on rain-fed agriculture, with full participation, ownership
and agreement responsibility of users. Chapter 6 of the Policy deals with the water
supply policy and strategy as it relates to crops, livestock and fish production.
40 Government of the Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
and Ministry of Water and Environment (2017).
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for the establishment of standards for effluent or waste before discharge into water or
on land, prohibition on the discharge of effluent or waste and the requirement for
waste discharge permits. Regulation 4 prohibits any discharge of effluent or waste on
land or into the aquatic environment contrary to the standards established unless with
a permit issued by the Director.
If the discharge of wastes is regulated and such wastes are treated first before their
discharge into the water or on land, then soil quality shall be protected, resilience
promoted and soil health restored. This consequently shall lead to improvement in
the soil quality and fertility leading to an increase in soil productivity.
The recently promulgated Policy, the National Irrigation Policy, 2017 has the
vision of transforming agriculture through irrigation development.
40 Its goal is to
ensure sustainable availability of water for irrigation and its efficient use for
enhanced crop production, productivity and profitability that will contribute to
food security and wealth creation.
Priority area 1 under the policy is to enhance investments for irrigation development by public, private and other players. The Government is required to implement
the following strategic interventions under this priority area:
• Promoting public investments for irrigation targeting development of irrigation
infrastructure, agricultural water harvesting and storage;
• Extending affordable credit facilities and bank loans for development of irrigation
projects, especially small-scale irrigation schemes to be executed by local community groups and individual progressive farmers;
• Providing incentives to encourage private sector investment in the irrigation
schemes; and
• Identifying potential irrigation investments portfolio with special emphasis on
those that could attract private sector investors and/or progressive farmers including smallholders.
The National Water Policy, 1995 provides a frame work for the provision of
water of adequate quantity and quality for all agricultural activities and investment
needs of the present and future generations. It takes into account economic liberalization, privatization and Decentralization reforms. Its objective is to sustainably
manage and develop the water resources in an integrated and sustainable manner so
as to secure and provide water of adequate quantity and quality for all social and
economic needs of the present and future generations.
Under Section 1.2, the policy is intended to promote development and efficient
use of water in Agriculture in order to increase productivity and mitigate effects of
adverse climatic variations on rain-fed agriculture, with full participation, ownership
and agreement responsibility of users. Chapter 6 of the Policy deals with the water
supply policy and strategy as it relates to crops, livestock and fish production.
40 Government of the Republic of Uganda, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries
and Ministry of Water and Environment (2017).
Legal and Regulatory Framework for the Agriculture Sector in Uganda
71