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Ethiopia. description. - Ethiopia is ranked number 3 on “people without safe drinking water” -population:82,949,541 -located in the horn of Africa -Ethiopia is one of the earliest settled places on earth -Ethiopia best know for there travel guides
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description -Ethiopia is ranked number 3 on “people without safe drinking water” -population:82,949,541 -located in the horn of Africa -Ethiopia is one of the earliest settled places on earth -Ethiopia best know for there travel guides -Ethiopia was the site of a Jewish pre-settlement sometime around 800BCE -Land mass: 1,119,683 sq. km -Covered by water: 7,444 sq. km -More then 80% of the population live in rural areas
Causes of there water pollution • Bad farming • Bad sewage • Rapid population increase
The effect of poor water have on the population • People are getting diseases • 30% of the people in the population is dying • 90% of the global cases of malaria
What can and is being done done to resolve this issue • Ministry of water resources prepared water resources management policy of Ethiopia. - Ensure that water resources management is compatible and integrated with other natural resources as well as river basin developments
How would you help resolve this? • Agricultural improvements • Offer a solution to water stress • Technological invasions