Ethiopia withholds equivalent to 45% of Egypt’s water share: Expert

Professor of Geology and Water Resources at the Cairo University Abbas Sharaky said on Saturday that Ethiopia withholds the equivalent to 45 percent of Egypt’s water share, explaining the reason for the lack of Nile flooding this year.

In remarks to al-Hadath al-Youm channel, Sharaky said that 85 percent of the Nile water comes from Ethiopia and 15 percent from Lake Victoria.

He explained that Ethiopia is withholding 25 billion cubic meters of water, and that part of it will come to Egypt in the coming months, as long as the two discharge gates are open.Sharaky said that the lack of flooding this year was because the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has withheld water from July until now, and it is expected to continue in the fourth filling until September.