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    Problem Overview of The Lake Tana Basin: Goraw Goshu Shimelis Aynalem

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    The document summarizes problems facing the Lake Tana Basin in Ethiopia. Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and largest freshwater resource in Ethiopia. Major problems include sedimentation, wetland clearing, tributary canalization, eutrophication, invasive species, poor waste management, increased waterborne diseases, and climate change impacts. These problems threaten food security, environmental sustainability, and water quality/supply for local communities and downstream countries. While the challenges are known, more effective measures are still needed to address the significant issues facing the basin.

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    The document summarizes problems facing the Lake Tana Basin in Ethiopia. Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and largest freshwater resource in Ethiopia. Major problems include sedimentation, wetland clearing, tributary canalization, eutrophication, invasive species, poor waste management, increased waterborne diseases, and climate change impacts. These problems threaten food security, environmental sustainability, and water quality/supply for local communities and downstream countries. While the challenges are known, more effective measures are still needed to address the significant issues facing the basin.

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    Problem Overview of the Lake Tana Basin

     Goraw Goshu & 
     Shimelis Aynalem 

     Chapter
     First Online: 07 April 2017

     1461 Accesses
     17 Citations

    Part of the AESS Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series book


    series (AESS)

    Abstract
    Lake Tana Basin is the second largest sub-basin of the Blue Nile which covers an area of
    15,114 km2. Lake Tana is a tropical Lake with surface area of 3111 Km2. It is the largest fresh
    water resource of Ethiopia (50%). It is the source of the Blue Nile(Abay) River. Lake Tana
    basin and Blue Nile river provide economic, social, political, environmental, ecological and
    religious benefits also for downstream eastern Nile countries. The basin problems have also
    influence in downstream eastern Nile countries. Food security and environmental
    sustainability are grand challenges in the basin. Ensuring adequate supply and quality of
    water for water user sectors in the basin remains a challenge. The sanitation and hygiene
    coverage remains not significantly improved compared to the unprecedented population
    growth. The basin suffers from easily perceivable land, soil and water degradation which are
    manifested in different forms: Sedimentation, clearing of wetland, canalization of the
    tributaries, increased trend of eutrophication , toxigenic cyano bacteria, occurrence of
    invasive species like water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes), stakeholders conflict , improper
    damming, construction of buildings in the Lake shore areas that are natural breeding and
    feeding grounds for some fish and bird species , poor waste management , increased
    prevalence of waterborne diseases especially in the riparian community which largely depend
    on raw water for drinking and recreation are major problems of the Basin. Climate change is
    also having its impact. Though the problems and challenges are known in the area, effective
    measures proportion to the magnitude of the problem are not yet taken sufficiently.

    Keywords

     Canalization

     Eutrophication

     Hydrological alterations

     Land degradation

     Sedimentation
     Tana basin

     Water degradation

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    References
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