Water permit and use desk

Message from General Director

Mr.Yewendwesen Mengistu, General Director

The Abbay River Basin is the first of the twelve basins in Ethiopia for which a River Basin Organization has been created. Abbay Basin Administration office has been established with overall objective to make better use of the potentials of the basin for the socio-economic and sustainable development of its
population in accordance with Integrated Water Resource Management/ IWRM/ principles. The establishment of the office has significant contributions in creating efficient and stable mechanisms
for the implementation of the Ethiopian Water Resource management Policy through river basin plans and effective and sustainable joint management by relevant stakeholders of the water resource of the basin. Water is a scarce and vital socio-economic resource that needs to be managed on a strategic planning basis with long term visions and objectives. In order to guide and support the basin water
resources strategic planning and water management functions properly organized basin information plays decisive role. Therefore, collecting, compiling, analyzing, and disseminating information for proper
planning, administration and steering of water resources in the Basin is one of the powers and duties of the Authority. Since Atlas is among the information disseminating mechanisms, the Authority has prepared this Atlas. It provides stakeholders and researchers with the general overview of the
river basin. Moreover; such kind of data organization will ensure data availability and consistency of information about the basin.
Our objective is to provide scientific data and analysis that help both policy makers and local citizens make better decisions about land, water and other related natural resource utilization in the basin.

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Abbay Basin Administration Head Office

Phone +251-583211524
Fax: +251-583214221

POBOX: 1376

Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia

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