AFDSWE is established in April 2012 as public enterprise with regulation no 008/2012 by the Afar National Regional State. The Enterprises core business is in the fields of Road & Building, Irrigation engineering, Water Supply and Sanitation, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Geo-technics, Agriculture, Environmental study, Land use planning study and thereby facilitate the socio-economic condition of the pastoral and agro-pastoral community of the Afar Region.