Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is a comprehensive approach to managing water resources in a way that considers the connections between water, land, and ecosystems. Instead of handling water supply, agriculture, and environmental protection separately, IWRM brings them together under one coordinated system to ensure sustainability and efficiency.
Ethiopia's federal body managing water (supply, sanitation, resources) and energy (development, policy, renewables), focusing on sustainable development, policy creation, resource planning (dams, irrigation), and technical support for national water/energy goals, including regional cooperation and transboundary water management.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project is located approximately 500 km north west of the capital Addis Ababa, in the region of Benishangul - Gumaz along the Blue Nile.