Transcript WATER RESOURCES DATA FOR NILE BASIN By Dr. R.J. Mngodo, Water Resources Division, Ministry of Water & Livestock Development P.O.

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
BACKGROUND
• Nile basin countries:Burundi, 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
NILE BASIN MAP
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"
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
Possible Dev. Scenarios
Scenario Current
condition
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Full Dev.Full Dev. Nile Basinwide
Eastern Nile
Equatorial
cooperation
(Ethiopia/Sudan)
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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