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Chapter  10:  Findings     ability  to  make  sound  agreements  on  more  sustainable  water  resource  use.  Accordingly,  the  stakeholders  and   third  parties  prioritize  satisfying  quarrelling  parties,  rather  than  the  sustainable  management  of  the  resource.   However,   in   various   cases   in   this   research   and   other   sources,   groundwater   and   surface   water   users   in   the   agricultural   domain   were   able   to   establish   news   rules   to   adjust   to   different   requirements   of   the   situation.   The   table  below  summarizes  earlier  research  on  this  adaptive  capacity.       Table  10.2:  Newly  established  rules  in  response  to  changing  physical  and  socio-­‐economical   conditions     Place   Type  of  local  rule   1   Hejraht  al-­‐Asham,  Jabal  al-­‐Sharq-­‐  Dhamar     Restrict  well  drilling   2   Wadi  Khalaka,  Sana’a     Restrict  well  drilling,  ban  on  tankers,  well  depth   3   Khrabat  Muhyab,  Bani  Matar,  Sana’a     Restrict  well  drilling,  well  spacing   4   Qarwa  Beshar,  Jahanah,  Khawlan,  Sana’a     Restrict  well  drilling   5   Hijrat  al-­‐Muntasir,  Amran   Ban  on  new  drilling   6   Wadi  al  Qarada,  Bani  Hushaish,  Sana’a   Restrict  well  drilling,  recharge  weirs  in  wadi  bed,  well  sharing     7   Wadi  Akarem,  Dhamar   Restrict  deep  drilling  in  the  main  wadi   8   Bani  Garban,  al-­‐Kafr  District,  Ibb     Protection  zone   9   Al-­‐Gawaref,  Ibb   Ban  on  qat  irrigation   10   Wa’alah,  Amran   Ban  on  water  transport  by  tankers     11   Bait  Sarhan  and  Alhamrmaly,  Amran     Ban  on  water  transport  by  tankers     12   Al  Ma’akhad,  Amran   Ban  on  water  transport  by  tankers     13   Qa’a  Al-­‐Shams,  Amran   Ban  on  water  transport  by  tankers     14   Bani  Maymoun,  Amran   Tankers  only  within  village   15   Wadi  Dhelaa,  Hamdan,  Sana’a   Well  spacing,  well  sharing,  dam  development   16   Wadi  Al  Zabaira  in  Qadas,  Al  Mawasit  District,  Taiz   Restrict/ban  well  drilling,  closing  disputed  wells   17   Al  Aroosi,  Mehan,  Sana’a   Closure  disputed  wells,  agreement  on  reservoir  operation   18   Al  Mashra,  Damar     Ban  on  drilling   19   Wadi  Al-­‐Har,  Anss,  Dhamar     New  agricultural  wells  only  if  they  serve  drinking  water  too   20   Mawia,  Taiz   Joint   WUA   to   regulate   new   well   development,   replacement   of  qat  in  some  area   21   Al-­