Ethiopia - Aqualex ProfilesFramework Law
The main law applicable to water resources management, which covers all of the following areas: administration; management, conservation and use of freshwater resources; water rights; waterworks; water supply
Constitutional provisions
Date of text: 08 December 1994
Right to water: Provision for one of the directive principles of state policy Article 90 sets forth that to the extent the country's resources permit, policies shall aim to provide all Ethiopians access to public health and education, clean water, housing, food and social security.
Natural resources: The Federal Government shall enact laws for the utilization and conservation of land and other natural resources. It shall determine and administer the utilization of the waters or rivers and lakes linking two or more States or crossing the boundaries of the national territorial jurisdiction. (Art. 51). States shall administer land and other natural resources in accordance with Federal laws (Art. 52).
Agriculture
Water used for irrigation, forestry and aquaculture
Date of text: 31 January 2002
Date of text: 10 November 1998
Water Supply and Sanitation
Provision of water services by public utilities or commercial organizations; water supply for domestic, industrial or other purposes; right to safe and clean drinking water and basic sanitation; quality of piped water; sewerage
Date of text: 07 November 1981
Date of text: 10 November 1998
Date of text: 29 March 2005
Governance
The political, social, economic and administrative systems that govern water management and conservation; good practices; good governance; decentralization; water user’s associations
Date of text: 07 November 1981
Infrastructure
Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Date of text: 07 November 1981
Date of text: 10 November 1998
Date of text: 29 March 2005
Water Resources Management and Water Rights
Ownership and control of water resources; abstraction and diversion of water; allocation and quotas; riparian rights; priority of rights; free water use
Water and Environment
Water in environmentally-sensitive areas; ‘water demand’ by ecosystems; protection forests; water conservation zones; environmental impact assessment
Date of text: 25 July 1987
Date of text: 16 February 2011
Water Quality and Pollution Control
Control of pollution and quality of freshwater bodies and groundwater; agricultural point and non-point sources of pollution; water quality standards
Date of text: 29 March 2005
Date of text: 30 September 1950
Groundwater
Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Date of text: 10 November 1998
Disaster Resilience
Water-related hazards; flood; drought; water shortage; adaptation to climate change; early warning system/emergency intervention system
Transboundary Waters
Transboundary effects; international basin institutions; international agreements; transboundary coordination; transboundary aquifers
Date of text: 25 July 1987
Date of text: 01 July 1993
Date of text: 11 July 2003
Policies
Date of text: 01 October 2016
Date of text: 10 June 2015
Date of text: 27 February 2020
Date of text: 27 February 2020
Date of text: 15 September 2010
Date of text: 01 July 1994
Date of text: 01 July 1994