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The importance of water resources for Egyptians has contributed to the creation of agencies, such as the Egyptian Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs, that promote and protect Egypt's natural resources. The Nile Delta is currently under threat both from the rising sea levels (caused by climate change) and subsidence.
Water Resources and Extraction in Egypt *) Type of Water Resources Quantity in billion m³ per year; Nile River [16] 56.8 Precipitation [16] 1.8 Fossil Groundwater Extraction [16] 1 Sea Water Desalination [16] 0.1 Sum: 59.7: Reuse of Spilled Water Resources *) Renewable Groundwater Extraction [17] 2.3 Wastewater Reuse [17] 2.9 Agricultural ...
On April 11th, 2023, Egypt announced a contract with EGIT Consulting to study the feasibility of the project. [ 16 ] As of 2024, Saudi Arabia and UAE are exploring projects to mine lithium for electric vehicles from existing onshore salt pans as well as salt pans supplemented with Persian Gulf sea water.
Egypt has been considering the use of nuclear energy for decades: in 1964, a 150 MWe and in 1974 a 600 MWe, nuclear power stations were proposed. The Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) was established in 1976, and in 1983 the El Dabaa site on the Mediterranean coast was selected. [ 29 ]
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is the ministry in charge of managing the water resources of the Arab Republic of Egypt mainly the Nile. It also manages irrigation projects in Egypt, such as the Aswan Dam and Al-Salam Canal. [1] Its headquarters are in Cairo.
Egypt has signed and ratified the Paris Agreement, as well as submitted a nationally determined contribution (NDC) which sets priority areas as sustainability of agriculture, water resources, the environment, energy, and land management. [4] Egypt is located on the northeast of the continent of Africa. The population was 102.3 million in 2020 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is overriding human rights conditions on military aid to Egypt, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, granting the U.S. ally its full ...
Politically contested watersheds include the Tigris–Euphrates river system which drains to the south-east through Iraq into the Persian Gulf, the Nile basin which drains northward through Egypt into the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and the Jordan River basin which flows into the Dead Sea (400 m below sea level), a land-locked and highly saline ...