List of Abbreviations

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

• ATAWAS Association of Tanzania Water Suppliers
• CBWSO Community Based Water Supply Organisations
• COWSOs Community Owned Water Supply Organizations
• CMIP5 Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5
• DAWASA Dar es Salaam Water Supply and Sanitation Authority
• DEWAT Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems
• DCOM Design, Construction Supervision, Operation and Maintenance
• EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
• EIS Environmental Impact Statement
• EMA Environmental Management Act
• ENSO El Nino-Southern Oscillation
• ERB Engineers Registration Board
• EWURA Energy and Water Utilities Regulating Authority
• GCMs Global Climate Models
• GHGs Greenhouse gases
• IHP International Hydrological Programme
• ICOLD International Commission on Large Dams
• ITCZ Inter-tropical Convergence Zone
• IOD Indian Ocean Dipole
• IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• IWA International Water Association
• NAWAPO National Water Policy
• NEMC National Environmental Management Council
• NMAIST Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology
• NWSDS National Water Sector Development Strategy
• RCPs Representative Concentration Pathways
• RUWASA Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency
• SADC Southern Africa Development Community
• SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
• SST Sea Surface Temperature
• UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
• UNFCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UWSSA Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Authority
• UDSM University of Dar es Salaam
• URT United Republic of Tanzania
• TAWASANET Tanzania Water Supply and Sanitation Network
• WMO World Meteorological Organization
• WSDP Water Sector Development Programme