WATER RESOURCES DATA FOR NILE BASIN

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WATER RESOURCES DATA FOR NILE BASIN

• By Dr. R.J. Mngodo,
• Water Resources Division,
• Ministry of Water Livestock Development
• P.O. Box 35066 Dar es salaam

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BACKGROUND

• Nile basin countriesBurundi, DRC, Egypt,
  Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and
  Uganda (Eritrea)
• Now we have the NBI-a shared vision programme has
  a pillar on Water Resources Management based in
  Ethiopia
• Negotiations on cooperative framework are taking
  place

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NILE BASIN MAP
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SHARING TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS

• Transparency in sustainable use of water
• It is important that decision makers understand
  that when the limits of water resources are being
  reached it is necessary to begin thinking in
  terms of "what can we do with what we have",
  rather than " what would we like to do"

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COMMON DATABASE

• A common or shared database brings up a better
  understanding of water resources issues in the
  basin, enables sharing of vision for development
  and thus enhances good relationship among member
  states.
• Database-NBI countries through FAO Water
  Resources project (hydrological, meteorological,
  landuse). No Ethiopian data.
• Data sharing protocol (technical, political
  level)
• Cooperation framework

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Possible Dev. Scenarios
Scenario Current condition Full Dev.-Eastern Nile (Ethiopia/Sudan) Full Dev. Nile Equatorial Basinwide cooperation
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CONCLUSION

• The availability of analysis tools (eg. DST,
  LVDSS)where data is commonly stored enables
  meaningful solutions to be obtained objectively
  among riparian countries in the basin.
• Data sharing protocol is necessary
• Cooperative Framework