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Oromia is endowed with high water potential, abounding with many rivers
and lakes. The region has an estimated surface water potential of 58 billion
m3 and renewable groundwater potentials of 23.5 billion m3. Oromia is
drained by seven major river basins whose headwaters for most part are
in Oromia, which includes Abbay, Awash, Baro, Ganale-Dawa, Omo-Ghibe,
Wabeshaballe and the Rift Valley lakes.
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The region's water resources potential could be developed and used for
the provision of water supply and irrigation. Moreover, huge hydropower
could be generated to supply clean energy for domestic and industrial
consumption thereby conserving forest resources and minimizing environmental
degradation. However, only limited efforts were made to develop and effectively
utilize the water potential in the region for various purposes. To this
effect the analysis of use of water resource potential of the state has
been made relying on the available data. |
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