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Fig. 1 Watersheds draining Senegalese territory (Source DGPRE)
The International Water Management Institution (IWMI 2007), classifies Senegal
as a country with economic water scarcity. Although water resources are abundant,
they are not effectively applied to the country’s development goals because of
limited institutional, technical and financial capacity. Water scarcity is driven
by variation in rainfall, the vulnerability of water resources, disparity in spatial
distribution, current and/or threatened conflicts caused by water exploitation and
over-exploitation, degradation of the volume and quality of available water, inequity
of access among and within zones and social groups, and various socioeconomic
activities (MH/DGPRE 2007).
Good governance and accountability, with a view of the interests of all stakeholders within an appropriate legal and institutional framework, must be properly
planned, exploited and maintained for effective infrastructure and capacity development (UN-Water 2011). Every aspect of security worldwide—for example, food,
economic and health—depends on water (Boge 2006).
To improve water management, Senegal is working to comply with the recommendations of the World Summit (Rio-Dublin, January 1992 and Johannesburg, August
2002). Senegal’s water policy as it applies to achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) is managed by the Directorate of Water Resources Management and
Planning (DGPRE).
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Fig. 1 Watersheds draining Senegalese territory (Source DGPRE)
The International Water Management Institution (IWMI 2007), classifies Senegal
as a country with economic water scarcity. Although water resources are abundant,
they are not effectively applied to the country’s development goals because of
limited institutional, technical and financial capacity. Water scarcity is driven
by variation in rainfall, the vulnerability of water resources, disparity in spatial
distribution, current and/or threatened conflicts caused by water exploitation and
over-exploitation, degradation of the volume and quality of available water, inequity
of access among and within zones and social groups, and various socioeconomic
activities (MH/DGPRE 2007).
Good governance and accountability, with a view of the interests of all stakeholders within an appropriate legal and institutional framework, must be properly
planned, exploited and maintained for effective infrastructure and capacity development (UN-Water 2011). Every aspect of security worldwide—for example, food,
economic and health—depends on water (Boge 2006).
To improve water management, Senegal is working to comply with the recommendations of the World Summit (Rio-Dublin, January 1992 and Johannesburg, August
2002). Senegal’s water policy as it applies to achieve the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) is managed by the Directorate of Water Resources Management and
Planning (DGPRE).