Evaporation from the reservoir of the High Aswan Dam, Egypt: A new comparison of relevant methods with limited data

1997 ◽  
Vol 56 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 57-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. Sadek ◽  
M. M. Shahin ◽  
C. J. Stigter
Keyword(s):  
Limited Data ◽  
High Aswan Dam ◽  
Aswan Dam

Silting-up of High Aswan Dam

2017 ◽  
pp. 377-382
Author(s):  
H.M. Osman ◽  
M.K. Osman ◽  
A.S. Karmy
Keyword(s):  
High Aswan Dam ◽  
Aswan Dam

Impacts of the High Aswan Dam

2011 ◽  
pp. 379-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asit K. Biswas ◽  
Cecilia Tortajada
Keyword(s):  
High Aswan Dam ◽  
Aswan Dam

On the Efficient Use of High Aswan Dam for Hydropower and Irrigation

1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. B-296-B-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold A. Thomas ◽  
Roger Revelle
Keyword(s):  
High Aswan Dam ◽  
Aswan Dam

scholarly journals Effect of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Water Footprint of Aswan High Dam Hydropower

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherine Ahmed Elbaradei ◽  
Sarah Ehab Abdelkader
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Water Footprint ◽  
Nile River ◽  
High Aswan Dam ◽  
Aswan Dam ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Aswan High Dam ◽  
Reservoir Filling

Abstract Construction of the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance dam (GRD) has many impacts and implication on the water share and future use in Egypt. Especially the period of the reservoir filling will have a great effect on the Nile River and its water in Egypt. Many of these effects of the GRD on Egypt has been studied before, but no study was done on the effect of its existence on the hydropower water footprint of the High Aswan dam. This research is concerned by simulating the effect of the different GRD reservoir filling scenarios on the water footprint of the hydropower generated from the High Aswan dam. Also, the effect on the hydropower of the Aswan dam itself is also simulated and assessed. Mathematical modeling is used to reach those goals. Three filling scenarios of the GRD were investigated: namely 3 years, 5 years, and 6 years. It was found that as the filling duration of the GRD decreases the negative effect on the hydropower water footprint increases.

scholarly journals Optimal operation of a multipurpose multireservoir system in the Eastern Nile River Basin

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 1895-1908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. Goor ◽  
C. Halleux ◽  
Y. Mohamed ◽  
A. Tilmant
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Optimal Operation ◽  
Nile River ◽  
Hydropower Generation ◽  
Blue Nile ◽  
High Aswan Dam ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Aswan Dam ◽  
Nile River Basin

Abstract. The upper Blue Nile River Basin in Ethiopia is a largely untapped resource despite its huge potential for hydropower generation and irrigated agriculture. Controversies exist as to whether the numerous infrastructural development projects that are on the drawing board in Ethiopia will generate positive or negative externalities downstream in Sudan and Egypt. This study attempts at (1) examining the (re-)operation of infrastructures, in particular the proposed reservoirs in Ethiopia and the High Aswan Dam and (2) assessing the economic benefits and costs associated with the storage infrastructures in Ethiopia and their spatial and temporal distribution. To achieve this, a basin-wide integrated hydro-economic model has been developed. The model integrates essential hydrologic, economic and institutional components of the river basin in order to explore both the hydrologic and economic consequences of various policy options and planned infrastructural projects. Unlike most of the deterministic economic-hydrologic models reported in the literature, a stochastic programming formulation has been adopted in order to: (i) understand the effect of the hydrologic uncertainty on management decisions, (ii) determine allocation policies that naturally hedge against the hydrological risk, and (iii) assess the relevant risk indicators. The study reveals that the development of four mega dams in the upper part of the Blue Nile Basin would change the drawdown refill cycle of the High Aswan Dam. Should the operation of the reservoirs be coordinated, they would enable an average annual saving of at least 2.5 billion m3 through reduced evaporation losses from the Lake Nasser. Moreover, the new reservoirs (Karadobi, Beko-Abo, Mandaya and Border) in Ethiopia would have significant positive impacts on hydropower generation and irrigation in Ethiopia and Sudan: at the basin scale, the annual energy generation is boosted by 38.5 TWh amongst which 14.2 TWh due to storage. Moreover, the regulation capacity of the above mentioned reservoirs would enable an increase of the Sudanese irrigated area by 5.5%.

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