Ethiopia - 1999 - Utilities

Ethiopian Water Resources Management Policy

Ethiopia, Water, Energy and Irrigation

“This Water Resources Management Policy of Ethiopia aims at enhancing the development of the country’s water resources to make an optimum contribution to accelerated socio-economic growth. The overall goal of the Policy is to enhance and promote all national efforts towards the efficient, equitable and optimum utilization of the available Water Resources of Ethiopia for significant socioeconomic development on a sustainable basis. Its objectives are Development of the water resources of the country for economic and social benefits of the people, on an equitable and sustainable basis; allocation and apportionment of water, based on comprehensive and integrated plans and optimum allocation principles that incorporate the efficiency of use, equity of access, and sustainability of the resource; managing and combating drought and floods; conserving, protecting and enhancing water resources and the overall aquatic environment on a sustainable basis”.

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Ethiopian Water Resources Management Policy Current Version

January 2022

“This Water Resources Management Policy of Ethiopia aims at enhancing the development of the country’s water resources to make an optimum contribution to accelerated socio-economic growth. The overall goal of the Policy is to enhance and promote all national efforts towards the efficient, equitable and optimum utilization of the available Water Resources of Ethiopia for significant socioeconomic development on a sustainable basis. Its objectives are Development of the water resources of the country for economic and social benefits of the people, on an equitable and sustainable basis; allocation and apportionment of water, based on comprehensive and integrated plans and optimum allocation principles that incorporate the efficiency of use, equity of access, and sustainability of the resource; managing and combating drought and floods; conserving, protecting and enhancing water resources and the overall aquatic environment on a sustainable basis”.

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