Water is essential for the existence of man and all living beings, water is life. As such, the control of the management and development of water resources has become a subject of strong national and international concerns, which are expressed through a number of initiatives. These include Burundi's Strategic Framework for Growth and Combating Poverty (CSLP), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the African Water Vision, the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), the Sharm El Sheikh Declaration of Heads of State who, all of them reserve a good place for water in the national strategies of development.