Table 2 Example quotes of reduced community conflict due to improved water management and availability

Increased water availability

As water is getting scarce there are disagreements because of the water and people are pulling at each other because of the water… As a result of the different advice given by the BRAVE project, misunderstandings have been reduced. (107, Poa, Female farmer)

Reduced water waste and allocated use

They have small disagreements because there are fewer boreholes. Often there are many people on the same borehole, so for a while there are misunderstandings and people get a little tug of war. A small dispute. With the arrival of BRAVE, misunderstandings have decreased a little because villagers no longer waste water. Before, we used to see our women fetching water and using it at random now with the project we have been told that we must not use water just anyhow, anytime and that we must use it when we need it. (114, Poa, Male farmer)

Improvement of water quality and reduced water-related disease

Yes, the use of water causes misunderstandings. We have two pumps and access to the springs causes these disagreements… Yes, the BRAVE project was able to reduce misunderstandings and water-related diseases with the water sources that last and thus reduced misunderstandings. (116, Pao, Female farmer)

Improved water governance

There is no misunderstanding in my community because there is water now. With the implementation of the different councils, there is no lack of water, so everyone has the water they want, so there are no misunderstandings. (212, Tomo, Female farmer)