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Clean Water- Opportunities and

Challenges in Ethiopia

Water Day, 2010


By Alemayehu Mekonen (Dr.)

Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Presentation Outline
1. Background

2. Objectives of the Presentation

3. Opportunities

4. Challenge

5. The Way forward

6. Conclusion
1. Back Ground
1.1. Water Resources potential and use
 12 major river basins

 122 billion m3 surface water and

approximately 2. 6 billion m3 groundwater


 Renewable fresh water resource: 1900m3/year

 Irrigable land: 3.7 million hectare (5%

irrigated)
 Hydropower potential: 30000MW (2%

developed)
 20-30% of fishing potential utilized
Continued….
1.2. Water supply status (by the end of 2002
E.C)

 Total water supply access coverage: 66 %


 Rural Water supply access coverage: 61.5%
 Urban water supply access coverage: 88.6%
• Water related disease burden: 60%
• Water related deaths of children under 5: 15%
 The country’s water resources potential is not yet
fully utilized to contribute to the well-being of the
people and the economy of the country
Continued…..
1.2. Existing Water supply programs

 The Government is committed to meet the MDG


goals in water supply : total water supply coverage
70% (by 2015)
 Going further ahead of the MDG target, the
government committed to implement UAP:
 It is a 7 years program (2006-2012)
 Targets:
 Rural water supply access coverage 98% by 2012
 Urban water supply coverage 100 % by 2012
 Access standards:
 for rural 15 l/d/person within 1.5 km distance
 for urban 20 l/d/person within 0.5 km distance
 Expected rural beneficiaries in 7 years:48 million
2. Objectives
 Assess the existing opportunities
 Assess the existing Challenges
 Recommend the way forward to overcome
the challenges
3. Opportunities
3.1. Opportunities outside the sector

• Roads and other infrastructures


development
• National Capacity building program:
expansion of education institutions and
improvement of public service delivery
• Strengthening of domestic financial
resources mobilization
• Improvement of livelihood of the rural
population: improves community
contribution
Continued…….
• Growing micro-enterprises: manufacturing,
distribution, O&M of low cost technologies
• Improvement of inflow of foreign
investment to the country: Create
conducive environment to produce WS
materials and equipments in the country
• Focus provided to environmental protection
at national and international level:
improves water resources potential
3.2. Opportunities inside the
sector
• On-going harmonization to “One WaSH”
(common PIM, JTR, MSF (streamlined in the Gov.), Pool
fund, etc.
• Under going capacity building in the sector: Federal
to Kebele level (Training, staffing, logistics,
improved service delivery)
• Undergoing capacity building of urban WS utilities
 improves service delivery,
 enhance self financing for investments
• Legalization process of WaSHCOs and Water
utilities
 Create enabling environment for accessing credit
 Improves sustainability of the services
Continued…..
• On-going supply chain study: improves
sustainability of services
• Focus provided for fluoride problem at national and
regional levels
• M&E framework developed and occasional WS
inventory designed: provides reliable information
• WaSH coordination structure in place (advocacy to
regional higher authorities)
• Strategy developed and advocated to accelerate
the UAP implementation
• On-going Rural Waster Supply Package
development
4. Challenges
• Low skilled human resources in the sector (e.g.
drillers)
• Low capacity of the private sector: consultancy,
construction, drilling, O&M, supply, manufacturing
• No mechanism of evaluation of the private sector
service delivery
• No support and encouragement to sector
professionals to contribute to the sector through
professional associations and practitioners network
• Low linkage of the sector with academic institutions
• Escalation of construction cost
• Limited financial resources
• UfW in urban water supplies
Continued…..
• Slow WaSH harmonization process
• Non-existence of for accountability of
individual WaSH partners
• Unpredictability of financial flow to the
sector
• Population Growth
• Urbanization (population and population
density increase to a limited area, water
demand increase, pollution etc.)
• Environmental Change: depletion of water
resources potential
5. The Way forward
• Strengthen the water sector TVETs including
training of drillers and other scarce professionals
• Create conducive environment for the private
sector: legal framework, capacity building,
evaluation and acknowledgment
• Improve participation of sector professionals:
professional association, practitioners network,
etc.
• Strengthen linkage with academic institutions:
Support researches on practical problems
• Focus on low cost technologies
• Mobilize community resources (labor, material,
finance, local knowledge, etc.)
Continued….
• Reduce UfW
 Introduce minimum achievable level
 Provide financial support on condition of fulfilling the
minimum level
• Create conducive environment for accessing
credit from financial institutions
• Encourage MUS in rural water supply
• Introduce evaluation mechanism of WaSH
stakeholders and make accountable
• Enhance the process of harmonization to
“One WaSH”
6. Conclusion

Develop water supply implementation


strategy which enables to utilize
efficiently the existing opportunities
and overcome the challenges

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