Adoption and impact of environmental management technology: the case of waste waterrntreatment technologies in textile industriesrnAmeha TegegnernAddis Ababa University, 2019rnIndustrialization, although a promising tool to pool out many societies from poverty andrnenhances economic growth, is featured by different environmental consequences like pollution.rnEthiopiaâ€™s commitment to boost industrialization in order to achieve the middle income statusrnplan by 2025 prioritizing the textile sector has brought about fast growth of textile industriesrnwhich are known for their high polluting nature. Besides the adoption of waste water treatmentrntechnologies in textile industries to prevent water pollution, implementation of theserntechnologies is not done accordingly and the result is far below the national expectation, waterrnpollution due to discharge of untreated waste water from textile industries is increasing withrntime. This study is therefore intended to explore the implementation status of adopted treatmentrntechnologies in Ethiopian textile industries and identify challenges related to theirrnimplementation. Qualitative approach was employed in this research and data was collected viarninterviews, site visit/observation, notes from informal discussions during visit and open-endedrnquestions. Results of the analysis showed that lack of environmental awareness and technicalrnsupport from pertinent institutions, lack of treatment chemicals and spare parts, poorrnenforcement of environmental laws and lack of commitment both from industries andrnenvironmental governing bodies to do accordingly are main causes for poor implementationrnstatus of adopted technologies. Accordingly, it is concluded that environmental issues are notrnproperly addressed to all key players that there is lack of integration among them and duernattention is not given to the problem at all levels. It is therefore recommended that all concernedrnbodies particularly governmental regulatory bodies to do their utmost efforts in enhancingrnimplementation of adopted technologies through providing support to textile industries,rnfacilitating local manufacture of treatment chemicals, formulate an environmental organ atrnnational level who own and responsibly manage environmental issues accordingly.