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Directorate for Potable Water Supply (DGEAP) is responsible for potable
water supplies to urban and rural areas as well as for industrial uses. The
Directorate of the Inventory of Hydraulic Resources (DGIRH) is responsible
for collecting, processing and assessing hydrometric data, as well as all data
concerning all water-related activities and interventions in Burkina Faso; it
also conducts studies to identify areas in need of future water-related
interventions. The Directorate of Fishery Resources (DGRH) is in charge of
the sustainable exploitation of the country's fish resources and assures the
effective management of the fishing industry. It is also entrusted with
preserving and protecting aquatic ecosystems (Ministère de l'Agriculture de
L'Hydraulique et des Ressources Halieutiques 2004, cited in Opoku-Ankomah
et al., 2006).
The National Water and Sanitation Office (ONEA) is a government company
with the mission to create and manage infrastructure for drinking water in
urban and peri-urban areas. The Water Rural and Facilities and Fund
(FEER) collect funds and implements small water resources development
projects with the involvement of beneficiaries.
The Sourou Valley Development Authority (AMVS) is mandated to develop
the Sourou valley and the high valley of Mouhoum for irrigation. The Bagre
Development Agency (MOB) is to develop the Bagre plains for crop
irrigation and hydro-power production.
Burkina Faso Electricity Society (SONABEL) is responsible for the
production of hydro-power for Burkina Faso.
Water Rights in Burkina Faso
As an element in the democratization process that occurred during the
1990s, most African countries have established a legislative system governing
various branches of industry, including water. The Burkina Faso government
initiated a national IWRM plan in 1999 called PAGIRE. This process
included four components: (a) the development of the national IWRM
Action Plan; (b) capacity building to enable Burkina to develop the IWRM
plan; (c) pilot intervention of IWRM principles in targeted sub-basin; (d)
elaboration of a water management law. So far Burkina has started
implementing the IWRM plan. A national Framework Water Law (2001) and
some of the required by-laws were enacted during the very process of
developing the plan which defined the roles of the sector actors involved in
the process. Some key institutions recommended in the IWRM plan such as
the National Council for Water, and the Permanent Secretariat of the
National IWRM Plan (SPPAGIRE) are in place. The IWRM planning is still