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.
2000 — 2024
Twenty-Four Years
Of Transformation.
National Water Policy enacted
2000
2002Water Sector Development Program launched
First Basin Authority established (Awash)
2005
2008WASH national program begins
GERD construction commences
2011
2013IWRM National Action Plan adopted
Abbay Basin Authority established
2016
2019Water Resources Management Proclamation updated
NWIRM program launched
2021
2023National Groundwater Atlas Phase I complete
68% safe water access achieved
2024
- 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.
50%
One in three Ethiopians still lacks reliable access to safe drinking water — concentrated in rural lowlands and pastoral communities.
4/12
Four major river basins have no integrated management plan, leaving critical ecosystems and downstream communities exposed.
47M
Ethiopia holds 4.7 billion cubic metres of untapped groundwater potential — the continent's largest known aquifer reserve.
Targets · 2030 Horizon
What We Will
Achieve By 2030
Safe Drinking Water
Universal access for all Ethiopians by 2030
Basin Plans Active
All 12 major basins with integrated management plans
Irrigation Area
From 5.3M hectares today to 10M by 2030
Flood Loss Reduction
Reduction in flood-related economic losses
Fully Achieved
All six SDG 6 targets met by 2030
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