Pursuant to the Somaliland Water Act 2010 (Law No. 49), Ministry of Water Development is solely responsible for the water resources development and management of national water resources and its mandated to act on behalf of Government of Somaliland in all matters relating to the Water Resources.
Ministry’s strategic purposes are included:
- Development of underground and surface water resources
- Improvement of regulatory framework and oversight of water sector and sustainable management,
- Strengthening capacity of MoWRD and its constituent bodies,
- Coordination and information management of the sector in Somaliland,
- Converting floods from forces of disaster into livelihoods, and
- Mitigation of droughts and impacts of climatic and environmental changes to national water resources.
