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Egypt Will Need Almost 50% More Nile Water By 2050: Experts
May 8th, 2012
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at forecasts that a future Egyptian population of 150 million will need a greater share of Africa’s longest river to meet their needs. As the article notes: Egypt will need nearly 50 per cent more Nile water by 2050 to cater for an estimated population of 150 million people, […]
Read more »Could Egypt Run Out Of Water By 2025?
April 17th, 2012
Courtesy of Green Prophet, a look at Egypt’s water concerns: When construction began on the Nile’s Aswan Dam in 1960, in the southern reaches of Egypt, Egyptians were sure they were about to tame the world’s longest river. “Before the dam, the people’s lives here were much worse. The water would rise and fall without […]
Read more »Egypt: Losing Its Grip On The Nile
April 15th, 2012
Via The Global Post, an article on how political uncertainty in post-revolution Egypt is allowing other Nile states to wrest control of the world’s longest river. As the report notes: Amid the barren, earth-dug canals and emaciated livestock that stalk the dirt roads of Ethiopia’s northern highlands, Teshale, a 25-year-old farmer, waits idly for the […]
Read more »Drier and Hotter: Egypt’s Climate Future
November 23rd, 2011
Via The Guardian, a look at Egypt’s climate future which seems to be characterized by rising temperatures, coastal erosion, storms and water scarcity: “…Just a few miles north of where I am now standing, the Mediterranean Sea is remorselessly battering the Egyptian coastline. Salt is leaching into the rich soils and invading the drinking water […]
Read more »Egypt Losing Its Mighty Nile Drop By Drop
October 26th, 2011
Via Green Prophet, an article on the impact of Ethiopia and other African upstream countries’ plan countries plans to divert Nile River water could have upon Egypt: Leaking water pipes, evaporation and a rapidly growing population may be significant concerns for those trying to manage and plan water supplies in Egypt, but compounding such problems […]
Read more »Egypt and Sudan Angry Over Nile Basin Development
October 18th, 2011
Via BikyaMasr, an article on Egypt’s and Sudan’s anger over Nile Basin development: Egypt and Sudan are worried and frustrated over recent developments along the Nile River by countries south of their borders that they say could threaten their own water security. Their anger comes after East African countries agreed to work together to implement […]
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