Ethiopia is divided into twelve basins based on hydrological boundaries and endowed with great rivers, lakes and other water bodies. Despite availability of rivers and other water bodies as a source of water in the country, the country never fully utilized the resource. A nation’s effort on the development, management, and proper utilization of water and other natural resources enables it to be well – a developed, prosperous and livable country for its citizens. Thus, we need to work on enabling our country to develop, manage and utilize effectively and efficiently water and other natural resources by addressing the gaps and challenges that bottlenecked the sector.

The Ministry of Water and Energy which has been established with the mission to improve the overall welfare of our society by developing and managing the water and energy resources equitably, sustainably, and in an integrated manner. Water supply and sanitation, integrated water resource management, and renewable energy development are major duties in the Ministry is in charge of discharging.