06:42 PM
Sunday 03 July 2022
(Masrawy):
Water and geology expert, Dr. Abbas Sharaki, published new satellite images of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, through his account on the social networking site “Facebook”, under the title “The third storage early next week.”
Sharaki said, “Despite the beginning of the rise in the level of the Renaissance Dam lake last week, it is compensation for the amount of 2 billion m3 that was emptied through the two drainage holes starting from last March 12, in addition to the modest operation of turbine No. 10 that started work on February 20.”
He added, “It is expected that the lake will reach the level it reached on August 19 with a total of 8 billion m3 by the end of this week, with the third storage starting next week for a month (until the end of the first week of August) in the event that the two drainage gates continue, or the end of this week. July, if they are closed, to store regarding 5 billion m3, and then the middle lane will be flooded once more.”
He concluded: “Although clouds cover most of the Renaissance Dam area today, it is possible through satellite images to know that the lake did not reach the level of last year.”
