• Implement the policies, laws and strategies of the Federal and Regional Government on water and mineral resources development;
• Bring balanced and equity of usage of water in the basin, supervise its execution;
• Issue license and certificate for those who intend to engage in consultancy, construction works and importing water equipment regarding water resource development and Mineral resource, supervise and examine;
• Undertake water development works, inspect its quality, operate works related with sanitation of water, protects water resources from pollution and clean as well as mineral resource management.
• Administer water and mineral resource of the region;
• Ensure whether any water work design and construction meet the water for the people living in arid and draught affected areas, coordinate emergency water supply program;
• Facilitate conditions for the independent administration of urban water supply services and their dependents;
• Issue standards for different water works and water services related technology including equipment from time to time, follow up and supervise its implementation;
• Study, organize and collect data regarding water resource distribution and quantity, perform water design and construction control;
• Supervise business, distribution, sale, pipeline and meter installation of water without having legal license, take necessary measure in addition to disconnecting the line;
• Have power to install or transfer pipelines across the possession of anybody to distribute water for the beneficiaries;
• Undertake water development studies on rivers, outer surface and underground, submit proposal to the government how to be used;
• Undertake study and design water projects that can serve the urban and rural people, cause to be constructed, supervise, make the people participate from study to the completion of the construction, empower the public to protect;