Project for Groundwater Resources Assessment in the Middle Awash River Basin

Country, Site Middle Awash River Basin, Ethiopia
Project Outline The objectives of the project is 1) to evaluate groundwater potential in mapped area in correlate with the Rift Valley Lakes Basin 2) to create a set of hydrogeological map in the Central part of Ethiopia 3) to evaluate groundwater resource and to formulate development plan and water supply plan in the mapped area and 4) to perform the technical transfer and capacity building for MoWE’s hydrogeologists.
Category B
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Categorization
The project is not located in a sensitive area, nor has sensitive characteristics, nor falls into sensitive sectors under the JICA guidelines for environmental and social considerations (April 2010), and its potential adverse impacts on the environment are not likely to be significant.
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