He continued that Ethiopia owns more than 100 million livestock consuming 84 billion cubic meters of water annually, which is equal to the combined water shares of Egypt and Sudan. Add to this more 74 billion cubic meters for the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, said Abdel-Atti. The per capita share of water in Egypt does not exceed 560 cubic meters annually. “Rainwater on Egypt does not exceed 1.30 billion cubic meters annually. Egypt needs about 114 billion cubic meters annually, with a a gap between the consumption and needs reached about 54 billion cubic meters annually.


Source:   Egypt Today
November 20, 2021 20:16 UTC