WHEREAS, in order to enable the population to benefit from reliable and sustainable water supply and sanitation services, it is necessary to enhance and strengthen water supply and sanitation services;
WHEREAS, in the course of the development efforts to ensure food self-sufficiency, irrigated agriculture, being one of the activities that deserves particular attention, it is necessary to create conducive conditions for its development;
WHEREAS, to centralize the money collected from various sources to implement the above objectives and to create ways and means whereby everyone may benefit from it fairly and equitably, it is proper to establish a water resources development fund;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows:
