is a Government Board mandated to manage both ground and surface water resources i.e dams, rivers, wells and boreholes within Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment. It was established by an Act of Parliament; Water Act of 1998 (Chapter 20:24) enacted by the Parliament of Zimbabwe to promote a stakeholder driven water resources management. It is the lowest water planning & management unit upstream of the Manyame River that eventually flows into Zambezi River. The UMSCC manages water in the Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment, a river basin delineated on the basis of hydrological boundaries and pragmatism.