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The Dutch Demand Driven Action Research (DDAR) Competitive Research Grant Program provides the funds for building the web page of the BNWI.

BNWI had acquired 4 Terra bytes capacity satellite image storage devices from Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering Department. The devices are received in November 2011.

BNWI had procured a chart plotter (Garmin 421s) with a powerful dual-frequency transducer that can be used to generate underwater depth contours. The device is capable of integrating high-resolution satellite images and aerial photographs so as the user can orient him/her self in unfamiliar areas. The device has a depth measuring capacity of more than 450 meters, can store 3000 waypoints and measure water temperature along the survey path. The Dutch Demand Driven Action Research (DDAR) Competitive Research Grant Program for university water sector partnership provides the funds for the procurement of the device.

The French imaging company SPOT had provided very high resolution maps of selected Blue Nile River basin areas worth 113, 400 euro. These 2.5 meter resolution color images will be used in the disturbance index validation joint demand driven research which is being undertaken by the BNWI, BDU School of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Abay River Basin Authority and Cornell University, Biological and Environmental Engineering Department.

The BNWI in cooperation with University of Brunschweig Excellence Center for Development Cooperation in Sustainable Water management (EXCEED) had planned a 5 days training course on basic water quality testing which will be held on April 16 – 20, 2012 at Bahir Dar university. The course will be open for applicants from sub – Sahara Africa who practice water quality monitoring in their career. The course will be delivered by experts from University of Brunschweig and BDU faculties. The training will be funded by the German federal ministry for economic cooperation and development, German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) and EXCEED. It is to be recalled that Bahir Dar University, Institute of Technology is a network member of the EXCEED project.

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