Assessment of Maintenance Performance in Water User Associations: A Case Study of Yozgat Province

In this study, 8 water user associations (wuas) were chosen to assess maintenance performance with indicators (realized rate of planned maintenance (%), maintenance cost per unit command/irrigated area (€ ha^-1), rate of maintenance cost to total income (%), rate of maintenance cost to total expenditure (%), financial adequacy (%)). as a result, realization rate of planned maintenance were found to be the highest as 77.7% in köseli wua in the year 2017 while the lowest was (1.3%) in sekili wua. total maintenance cost per unit command area was found to be the highest (58.2 € ha^-1) in çaydoğan wua, and the lowest (0.4 € ha^-1) in sekili wua. ratio of total maintenance cost to total income was determined as the highest (29.2%) in köseli wua in 2017 and the lowest (0.4%) in sekili wua. financial adequacy ratios were changed between 48% to 312% among wuas. it was observed that the maintenance budgets planned in wuas were not compatible. according to results, it can be said that fulfilment of the basic maintenance costs needed affect the irrigation performance positively in a wua.