Egypt turns to Russia for help with desalination plants amid Nile dam crisis – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Egypt suffers from a water deficit of up to 20 billion cubic meters annually, Eman Sayed, head of the planning sector at the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, told Sky News Arabia Feb. 10. She explained that 97% of Egypt’s water resources come from the Nile River, and Egypt’s water needs reach 80 billion cubic meters annually. Osama Salam, a professor at the governmental National Water Research Center and water expert at the Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi, told Al-Monitor, “Egypt needs to develop its nonconventional water resources to meet the…
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