FAOLEX Database

Sudan - Aqualex Profiles

Framework 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
No legislation available

Constitutional provisions

No constitutional provisions available

Agriculture

Water used for irrigation, forestry and aquaculture
Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Irrigation and Drainage Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 May 1990
Regulation of the Water Users' Associations of 2006 under the Gezira Scheme Act.
Date of text: 20 April 2006

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
Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Environment Health Act No. 1 of 2009.
Date of text: 17 February 2009

Governance

The political, social, economic and administrative systems that govern water management and conservation; good practices; good governance; decentralization; water user’s associations
Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Ordinance of the Council of Ministers No. 3 of 2007 establishing the General Authority for Water.
Date of text: 25 February 2007
Environment Health Act No. 1 of 2009.
Date of text: 17 February 2009

Infrastructure

Waterworks; water supply systems; dams; hydropower systems; irrigation systems
Irrigation and Drainage Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 May 1990
Regulation of the Water Users' Associations of 2006 under the Gezira Scheme Act.
Date of text: 20 April 2006
Agreement on Declaration of Principles between The Arab Republic of Egypt, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia And The Republic of the Sudan On The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERDP).
Date of text: 23 March 2015

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 Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Irrigation and Drainage Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 May 1990
Regulation of the Water Users' Associations of 2006 under the Gezira Scheme Act.
Date of text: 20 April 2006

Water and Environment

Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Irrigation and Drainage Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 May 1990
Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework.
Date of text: 25 September 2021

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
Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Irrigation and Drainage Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 May 1990
Rangelands and Forages Resources Development (Rationalization) Act of 2015.
Date of text: 04 March 2015

Groundwater

Freshwater resources located below the surface of the earth; aquifers; groundwater abstraction; well-sinking; boreholes; hydrogeology
Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Irrigation and Drainage Act of 1990.
Date of text: 28 May 1990
Agreement 1 between Chad, Egypt, Libya and Sudan concerning the monitoring and exchange of information related to the groundwater of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System.
Date of text: 05 October 2000

Disaster Resilience

Water-related hazards; flood; drought; water shortage; adaptation to climate change; early warning system/emergency intervention system
Water Resources Act of 1995.
Date of text: 22 July 1995
Agreement 1 between Chad, Egypt, Libya and Sudan concerning the monitoring and exchange of information related to the groundwater of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System.
Date of text: 05 October 2000
Combat Desertification Law of 2009.
Date of text: 20 July 2009

Transboundary Waters

Transboundary effects; international basin institutions; international agreements; transboundary coordination; transboundary aquifers
Declaration of boundaries of Southern Kordofan State (Presidential Decree No. 21 of 2005).
Date of text: 16 August 2005
Agreement on Declaration of Principles between The Arab Republic of Egypt, The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia And The Republic of the Sudan On The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERDP).
Date of text: 23 March 2015
Agreement on the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework.
Date of text: 25 September 2021

Policies

Sudan National Drought Plan.
Date of text: 21 November 2018
Sudan Drinking Water Safety Strategic Framework (SDWSSF).
Date of text: 05 December 2017
Strategic Plan 2017-2020.
Date of text: 25 September 2021
National Adaptation Plan 2016.
Date of text: 01 July 2016
Strategic Plan for Agricultural Development 2017-2020, emanating from the Quarter-century Strategy.
Date of text: 01 March 2016
Sudan’s National Agriculture Investment Plan (SUDNAIP) 2016-2020.
Date of text: 25 September 2021
National Action Plan for the implementation of the Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGWSSI).
Date of text: 01 September 2015
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) of Republic of Sudan of 2015.
Date of text: 25 September 2021
National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention.
Date of text: 01 November 2014
2014 Strategic Response Plan.
Date of text: 01 December 2013
Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper.
Date of text: 25 September 2021
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector National Strategic Plan (2012 – 2016).
Date of text: 01 December 2011
Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Policy.
Date of text: 01 September 2010
Agriculture and Articulate a Future Vision and Action Plan for Agricultural Revival.
Date of text: 25 September 2021
Five-year Health Sector Strategy: Investing in Health and Achieving the MDGs 2007-2011.
Date of text: 25 September 2021
National Adaptation Programme of Action
Date of text: 25 September 2021
National Health Policy, 2007.
Date of text: 25 September 2021

Main basins

Barka (Inland basin)
Wadi Howar (Inland basin)
Wadi Karora (Inland basin)
Lotagipi (Swamps)
Rudolph Lake
Gash
Turkana Lake/Rudolf lake
Omo-Gibe
Lake Chad