Umushinga wo kubungabunga amazi ni igice cy'ingenzi mu bukungu n'ibikorwa remezo, ugira uruhare runini mu mutekano wo kurwanya imyuzure, ikoreshwa ry'amazi, gutunganya imyanda no kuyisukura. Umutekano wo gutunganya amazi ni ingenzi cyane ku nganda zigezweho z'amazi.
Uruganda rutanga ingufu (urugaga rw'ingufu za kirimbuzi, uruganda rutanga ingufu z'umuyaga, uruganda rutanga ingufu zikomoka ku mirasire y'izuba, nibindi) ruhindura ingufu fatizo (urugero: amazi, umwuka w'amazi, mazutu, gazi) mo amashanyarazi yo gukoreshwa mu bigo bitagira aho bihurira cyangwa mu gutwara abantu n'ibintu.
Peteroli na gaze ni byo shingiro ry’ingufu mu nganda zitandukanye. Gucukura, gutunganya no gukwirakwiza bisaba protocole n’uburyo bugoye. Imikorere n’uburyo nk’ubwo bifite ubushobozi bwo guteza akaga bityo bikaba byasaba amabwiriza n’ibipimo bihamye ku bikoresho.
Nk’uko politiki y’igihugu ibigaragaza, inganda z’ubwato zigomba kuzigama ingufu no kugabanya imyuka ihumanya ikirere, no kugabanya ihumana ry’ibidukikije. Hari ubwinshi bw’amakamyo yikora ku bwato bunini n’ubuciriritse, ibi bikaba bigabanya imbaraga z’abakozi n’abakozi. Ubundi bwato bukoreshwa ni ubwato butwara abagenzi/imizigo, ubwato rusange bw’imizigo, ubwato bw’amakonteyineri, ubwato butwara imizigo bwa RO-RO, ubwato butwara lisansi, ubwikorezi bw’amavuta n’ubwa gaze y’amazi.
Mu nganda rusange, imiti ikoreshwa mu bucuruzi bw’amato n’ubwato, ibyuma, impapuro n’ibindi bishobora guhindurwa hakurikijwe ibyo ibisubizo na serivisi bikeneye.
