Abbay. See Blue Nile; Lake Tana

access to land and water, 10, 106, 109, 116, 140, 155, 164, 192, 230, 254, 259, 273, 331, 388

alternative energy resources. See also hydropower development

development of, 4, 15, 52, 86, 89, 201, 391

geothermal, 16, 52, 87–88

solar, 16, 47, 87–88, 339

wind, 16, 52, 87–88

alternative water resources. See water resources utilization and management

Awash River, 70, 82, 257, 259, 261, 271, 287, 325–328, 331, 336, 367, 371, 372

Blue Nile, 37, 42–44, 50, 70–71, 73, 78–79, 82, 85, 201, 217, 262

Blue Nile Basin, 70–71, 76, 78, 81, 201, 287, 302, 391

climate change, 4, 9, 47, 66–67, 81, 84, 111, 142, 199, 202, 225, 255, 261, 286, 300, 354, 389, 392

Community-Based Participatory Watershed Approach, 132, 239

dams. See also hydropower development; irrigated agriculture; rainwater harvesting; siltation; water-related diseases; water resources utilization and management

Aba Samuel Reservoir, 85, 329–330

Aswan Dam, 14, 45, 360–361

dam construction, 3, 6–7, 13, 41, 43–45, 50, 84–86, 258, 263, 272–273, 303, 355, 391, 393

economic and ecological impacts, 4, 7, 43–44, 46, 74–75, 79–81, 83, 85–86, 111, 256–258, 260–273, 331, 336, 359–360, 364–365, 373, 388

flood control, 5–6, 43, 84, 257, 267, 358

flood retreat cultivation, 265

Gilgel-Gibe I Dam, 74, 80, 364

Gibe III Dam, 74, 79–81, 256, 263, 266–273

Kessem and Tendaho dams, 74, 80, 258

Koka Dam, 81, 257, 364, 367, 391

Lake Abe, 70, 74, 271

Lake Turkana, 70, 75, 185, 262, 264–266, 269–272

large dams in Ethiopia, 80

large dams in the Nile Basin, 32

managed releases from dams, 257–258, 266–272

microdams, 3, 71, 73–74, 79–80, 83–86, 103–104, 107, 111–112, 114–115, 124–125, 136, 144, 287, 310, 364, 368