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    Ethiopia’s Inter-state Water Management in Light of the Federal System: A Comparative Study
    (A.A.U, 2020-09) Zerihun, Anagaw; Edosa, Jetu (Associate Professor)
    The allocation and management of water resources between States poses a serious challenge at the national level. Autonomous federal entities contest the utilization and allocation of shared water bodies. The FDRE Constitution treats water as a natural endowment owned by all the people of Ethiopia. The Constitution centralized the management of interstate waters and their allocation and utilization thereof under the Federal government and the House of Peoples Representatives. The researcher tried to comparatively study the interstate water management and dispute settlement in Ethiopia with selected federal countries. With regard to interstate water dispute settlement Ethiopia has underdeveloped interstate water conflict settlement apparatus. Other than the assignment of the BHC to resolving disputes between regions there are no institutions with the main role of resolving disagreements, there is no clear procedure to dispute settlement and appeal from any decision to be made by the BHC. The researcher commends that; Ethiopia should reconsider its centralized water management and decentralize interstate water management roles to regional states. Ethiopia also should strengthen institution’s that will handle interstate water from the Ministry to Basin Authorities main organs, the Basin High Council and Basin Authority in a participatory and effective manner. There should also be a clear and effective dispute settlement body that will handle fallouts between government bodies and institutions.