DEPARTMENT OF CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AND WATER UTILIZATION

The Department of Catchment Management and Water Utilization is a technical department in the Commission with 3 divisions. The divisions are:

  • Water Use Efficiency
  • Public Water Services, Tariff and Charges
  • Catchment Management Planning

The Department is charged with the responsibility of coordinating the activities of the 8 Catchment Management Offices located in the 8 hydrological areas which are as follows:

  1. Western Littoral Catchment Management office Oshogbo, Osun State.
  2. Niger Central Catchment Management Office, Minna, Niger State.
  3. Eastern Littoral Catchment Management Office, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
  4. Niger South Catchment Management office, Asaba, Delta State.
  5. Lower Benue Catchment management Office, Lafia, Nasarawa State.
  6. Upper Benue Catchment Management Office, Gombe, Gombe State.
  7. Lake Chad Catchment Management Office, Dutse, Jigawa State.
  8. Niger North Catchment Management Office, Gusau, Zamfara State.

 

 FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT

The department has the following functions as shown below:

  • Preparation of Water Efficiency Strategies;
  • Prioritize water use to ensure water balance even in drought situation.
  • Access water availability and demands;
  • Promote strategies on provision of safe water for all Nigerians;
  • Detailed knowledge of existing abstraction and storage;
  • Explore possible changes in abstraction and storage regimes that may mitigate ill effects of past developments.
  • Apply priorities set down by government to encourage desired development;
  • Monitor impact on the water resources of the Basins;
  • Produce Catchment Management Plans for water management and
  • Implement a time bound action plan to meet the standards set jointly with Federal Ministry of Environment (FME) for the Basins.
  • Development of water allocation plan for the purpose of collaborating with the Department of Allocation and Authorization in water allocation to prospective licencees.
  • Undertakes the installation of water metering equipment at the point of abstraction.

     JIMETA ABBO SAKINATU SULEIMAN
 DIRECTOR CM&U

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