Harar Regional State in Ethiopia suffers from heavy water shortages, affecting over 300,000 people. Its water scarcity is so severe that Lake Haramaya, its main water source, dried up in 2004. In 2012, a new water system was constructed, transporting groundwater from the neighboring regional state Dire Dawa to Harar over a distance of 71 km and a height difference of 800 km. The water scarcity in Harar State is due to unsustainable exploita

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