Egyptian water conservancy skilled Abbas Saraki confirmed that the excessive dam is without doubt one of the best initiatives in historical past and is taken into account one of many high ten initiatives on the earth within the twentieth century as a result of it comprehensively serves mankind.
Dr. Abbas Sharaki, professor of geology and water sources at Cairo College, defined in a tv interview that “the lifespan of the dam was initially alleged to be 500 years, however after improvement and modernization, its lifespan exceeded 600 years.”
He added, “The excessive dam operates effectively each in drought and flood years because it helps regulate water circulation repeatedly, whereas the Aswan Dam has restricted water storage capability.”
He identified that “85% of the Nile water reaches Egypt from Ethiopia, and the remaining 15% comes from different tributaries, which signifies that the Nile water fully comes from outdoors Egypt.”
Sarachi mentioned: “The excessive dam has helped remedy the flooding drawback suffered by Egypt. Its water storage capability is 162 billion cubic meters, whereas the water storage capability of the Aswan Excessive Dam doesn’t exceed 5 billion cubic meters.”
Stating that “the excessive dam is roughly 111 meters excessive, late chief Gamal Abdul Nasser ignored US directions to not construct the excessive dam.”
Saraqi additionally warned: “With out the excessive dam, Egypt can be submerged in each flood. Because the building of the excessive dam, now we have not witnessed any village being submerged.”
