Chapter
8:
Case
studies
in
Wadi
Siham
Figure
8.5:
Culvert
design
leading
to
sedimentation
The
conflict
emerged
when
person
82,
encouraged
by
the
TDA,
created
a
removable
barrier
of
sand
bags
in
the
main
canal
to
raise
the
water
level
to
a
height
that
would
facilitate
water
to
flow
into
his
fields
but
that
would
still
allow
for
an
overflow
to
reach
downstream
farmers
(Figure
8.6).
However,
some
farmers
downstream,
(e.g.,
person
83)
complained
and
protested
against
this
act
claiming
that
the
TDA
is
disturbing
the
traditional
water
distribution
system
by
holding
the
water
in
the
canal
upstream
for
4
hours,
while
often
flood
flows
would
diminish
after
2-‐3-‐
hours.
Unhappy
with
the
situation,
person
83
removed
the
bags.
When
person
82
continuosuly
returned
the
bags
back,
the
situation
escalated
to
the
point
where
person
83’s
men
pointed
guns
at
person
82’s
farmers
and
threatened
to
kill
them.
Figure
8.6:
Left
photo:
the
canal
in
which
the
soil
bags
are
put
to
divert
floodwater
to
Person
82’s
land.
Right
photo:
channel
that
goes
from
the
main
canal
to
Person
82
It
is
difficult
to
say
who
is
right
and
who
is
wrong
in
this
conflict,
as
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