“there are concerns about the extent of water loss due to evaporation from the dam’s reservoir”
What ever happened to the Jonglei Canal project which was to divert the White Nile water, bypassing the vast papyrus swamp of the Sudd and its enormous evaporation loss?
Egypt does not want to get into a dam busting conflict with Ethiopia, not with Aswan sitting upstream!
(Answer to self: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonglei_Canal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudd)
“What ever happened to the Jonglei Canal project which was to divert the White Nile water, bypassing the vast papyrus swamp of the Sudd and its enormous evaporation loss?”
WE are probably paying for it through the US agency for international development, and a few billion scattered through the region. And at the same moment, our EPA is suing into bankruptcy anyone dares level a half acre “wetland” to build their house.
Egypt sucks, but i can’t see a huge threat to the Aswan dam from Ethiopa. The spears would bounce off. But seriously, Ethiopa doesn’t have the equipment or weapons to get it done.
And theres no way a dam like that is coming down from some force 10 from navarone raid, sticking some C4 on it.
For African nations, bringing down a dam is as daunting as building one without western or Chinese help would be.