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Ministry of Water & Energy · Strategic Vision
2030

A Nation. Twelve Basins. One Vision.

Ethiopia's roadmap to universal safe water access, integrated river basin governance, and full achievement of SDG 6 by 2030.

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2000 — 2024

Twenty-Four Years
Of Transformation

  • 2000National Water Policy enacted
  • 2002Water Sector Development Program launched
  • 2005First Basin Authority established (Awash)
  • 2008WASH national program begins
  • 2011GERD construction commences
  • 2013IWRM National Action Plan adopted
  • 2016Abbay Basin Authority established
  • 2019Water Resources Management Proclamation updated
  • 2021NWIRM program launched
  • 2023National Groundwater Atlas Phase I complete
  • 202468% safe water access achieved
The Gaps We Must Close

Progress Is Real.
The Work Is Not Done.

32%

One in three Ethiopians still lacks reliable access to safe drinking water — concentrated in rural lowlands and pastoral communities.

Without Access
4/12

Four major river basins have no integrated management plan, leaving critical ecosystems and downstream communities exposed.

Basins Unplanned
47M

Ethiopia holds 4.7 billion cubic metres of untapped groundwater potential — the continent's largest known aquifer reserve.

ha Untapped
Targets · 2030 Horizon

What We Will
Achieve By 2030

100%

Safe Drinking Water

Universal access for all Ethiopians by 2030

Progress68%
12/12

Basin Plans Active

All 12 major basins with integrated management plans

Progress67%
10M ha

Irrigation Area

From 5.3M hectares today to 10M by 2030

Progress53%
−60%

Flood Loss Reduction

Reduction in flood-related economic losses

Progress33%
SDG 6

Fully Achieved

All six SDG 6 targets met by 2030

Progress40%
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IWRM Knowledge Hub

Ethiopia as Africa's leading IWRM knowledge center

Progress30%
Ethiopia · SDG 6 Commitment · 2030
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02 / Active Work

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From basin authority capacity building to rural WASH infrastructure — over 47 active programs advancing water security nationwide.

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