Revealed an Egyptian expert stopped third filling The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was built on Sunday evening and Ethiopia’s storage of 4 billion cubic metres.
The Egyptian expert, Dr. Abbas Sharaki, explained that satellite images from the site of the Renaissance Dam indicated that the third storage work had stopped and the water crossing at the top of the middle passage yesterday, Sunday, stressing that the quantities of water that were stored amounted to 4 billion cubic meters.
He also said that Ethiopia was aiming to reach a level of 595 meters with a total of 18.5 billion cubic meters of stored water, but the storage stopped at a level of 590 meters.
He pointed out that the lake level is expected to rise temporarily throughout the months of August and will continue to a level of 595 meters.
4 billion cubic meters
In addition, the Egyptian expert revealed that the average revenue for the whole month of July from the flood amounted to 7 billion cubic meters, explaining that the storage started on July 11 and stopped yesterday, ie it lasted regarding 20 days with a total of 4 billion cubic meters, bringing the total storage during 3 years in the Renaissance Dam regarding 12 billion cubic metres.
Egypt had submitted an official complaint to the United Nations once morest Ethiopia due to the continuation of Addis Ababa in the third filling of the Renaissance Dam.
Last Friday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry addressed the United Nations to register Egypt’s objection and complete rejection of Ethiopia’s continuation of filling the Renaissance Dam unilaterally without an agreement with Egypt and Sudan on the filling and operation of this dam.
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It is noteworthy that a satellite image taken last July revealed that Ethiopia had finished storing the first billion in the third filling.
satellite images
At the beginning of last June, satellite images revealed that the Ethiopian authorities are continuing to elevate the middle passage of the dam and empty some other dams in preparation for the flood season and storage.
The images also revealed the continuation of work to raise the middle corridor of the Renaissance Dam, as Ethiopia aims to reach a level of 595 meters since the first storage in 2020.
Satellite images of the Renaissance Dam – July 18, 2022
The dam raises a crisis between the three countries, Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, as Egypt and Sudan demand a legally and technically agreed timetable for filling, operating and sharing the dam’s data.
