Egyptian water expert Abbas Sharqi revealed serious developments in the Roseires Dam in Sudan, after Ethiopia closed some of the drainage gates of the Renaissance Dam.
Sharqi said in statements to RT, "Ethiopia finished its third storage on August 11, when water overflowed over the middle corridor, and the hope was to turn on the two turbines and pass water through them instead of over the middle corridor, and due to the failure of the turbines to operate, which are still stopped for the second time." From the end of last March until today, Ethiopia was forced to open the two discharge gates on January 8 to drain 50-100 million m3 / day without benefiting from electricity generation.
Sharaki continued: "Then the western gate was closed on February 23 and settled with the eastern one with half of its capacity 20-25 m3/day only, and this small amount has been reaching Sudan since that time, which led to a decrease in the stock of the Roseires Dam from its counterpart at the same time last year, And since this situation is expected to continue until the end of the fourth storage in next September, Sudan may not empty the Roseires Dam as usual every year in preparation for the new season, and may even face a water shortage if Ethiopia does not open the second gate, or the current gate with its entire capacity of 50 million. m3/day.
He pointed out that the two sides of the Renaissance Dam are being raised along with the middle corridor, and there is no accurate data about the current level except for some unclear pictures of the body of the Renaissance Dam, through which the true height can be known, and in all cases the middle corridor is expected to reach a level of 620 meters above the surface. The sea sooner or later, and Ethiopia has several months to complete the ramp until the beginning of next September.
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