Assessment of Zimbabwe current and future Water Resource situation

The author focuses on the water situation in Zimbabwe and how it affects sustainable development. The biodiversity of Zimbabwe depends on water. The national economy depends on it. Water flows through every economic sector in the country: agriculture energy industry mining tourism and fisheries. The country shares trans-boundary watercourses with neighbouring countries such as Zambia Botswana Mozambique and South Africa among others. Utilization of trans-boundary waters to augment Zimbabwe’s internal water needs requires cooperation and coordination with its neighbours through the “Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses” that Zimbabwe is Party to the water situation in Zimbabwe and how it affects sustainable development. The biodiversity of Zimbabwe depends on water. The national economy depends on it. Water flows through every economic sector in the country: agriculture energy industry mining tourism and fisheries. The country shares trans-boundary watercourses with neighbouring countries such as Zambia Botswana Mozambique and South Africa among others. Utilization of trans-boundary waters to augment Zimbabwe’s internal water needs requires cooperation and coordination with its neighbours through the “Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses” that Zimbabwe is Party to.