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Sudan is a country that is half desert and much of the population suffers from a shortage of clean drinking water as well as a reliable source of water for agriculture. With the Nile river in the east of the country, parts of Sudan have substantial water resources, but those in the west have to rely on wadis, seasonal wells which often dry up ...
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Water supply in Southern Sudan is faced with numerous challenges. Although the White Nile runs through the country, water is scarce during the dry season in areas that are not located on the river. About half the population does not have access to an improved water source , defined as a protected well, standpipe or a handpump within 1 km.
Port Sudan and the area surrounding it could suffer from severe drinking water shortages due to the collapse of the dam emptying the region's water supply and damaging or destroying water infrastructure. [3] [4] Red Sea State head of water resources Amr Eissa Taher referred to the damage caused by the subsequent flooding as "extensive". [8]
The 1959 agreement between Sudan and Egypt allocated the entire average annual flow of the Nile to be shared among the Sudan and Egypt at 18.5 and 55.5 billion cubic meters respectively, but ignored the rights to water of the remaining eight Nile countries.
People wait for food rations at a World Food Programme distribution point organized by Catholic Relief Services in Jonglei state, South Sudan, Nov. 13, 2024.
The Khashm el-Girba Dam is a gravity and embankment composite dam on the Atbarah River about 4 km (2 mi) south of Khashm El Girba in Eastern Sudan. The primary purpose of the dam is irrigation. [1] The dam is equipped with canal headworks, located on its left bank, which divert water into a canal.
The dam has a length of about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) and a crest height of up to 67 metres (220 ft). It consists of concrete-faced rockfill dams on each river bank (the right bank dam is the largest part of the project, 4.3 km long and 53m high; the left bank is 1590 metres long and 50 metres high), an 883-metre (2,897 ft)-long 67-metre (220 ft)-high earth-core rockfill dam (the 'main dam') in ...