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Ethiopia
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-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
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