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East Africa
(Lake Victoria) in Tanzania; Gilgel Abbay (tributary to Lake Tana) The World Bank published the Lake Wide Inclusive Sanitation
in Ethiopia; Akagera River in Rwanda; and the White Nile stretch Strategy paper, which utilized some of the results from this
from Malakal (South Sudan) to Assalaya (Sudan)—were thoroughly NCCR component. The project is currently finalizing country
studied to determine the primary pollution triggers and underlying consultations for potential water-quality interventions and
causes. A range of structural and non-structural interventions management alternatives and developing water-quality modeling
were then identified. Subsequently, analysis was conducted to for the multi-criteria analysis. Installment of water-quality
assess these interventions, enabling their integration into coherent monitoring equipment is underway but is complicated by security
strategies and the formulation of costed strategic actions. The final situations in several countries.
reports for both Track 1 and Track 2 were submitted in August 2025.
The LVBC drafted two important documents—the East African
Community Water Quality Management Policy and the draft
final Water Quality Management Strategy & Action Plan.
EUMETCast ground receiver at NBI in Entebbe, February 2025. ©Nile Basin Initiative
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