That is because the capacity of the dam is 74 billion cubic meters, which is almost equivalent to the annual water shares of Egypt (55.5 billion cubic meters) and Sudan (18 billion cubic meters) combined. Allam also warned that the lack of regulations on the quantity of water released from the dam can cause flooding and displacement in Sudan. "If just four billion cubic meters of water are released at once from the Renaissance Dam, Sudan will be gone," Allam underscored describing the mega hydropower project as "a water bomb." "The Ethiopian stance is ridiculous and rooted in the notion that Ethiopia owns the Nile River. Speaking of lakes, Lake Victoria (source of the Nile) has 3,050 billion cubic meters, Lake Albert has 122 billion cubic meters, Lake Tana has 55 billion cubic meters, and Lake Kioja has eight billion cubic meters.

Source: Egypt Today April 07, 2021 14:48 UTC