2022
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac7cfb
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Reply to Comment on ‘Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios’

Abstract: The reply herein shows the factual incorrectness of the comment by Eladawy, Asefa and El Nour, which is primarily supported by miscitations and misinterpretations of published research, as well as by claims from social media and unreliable TV interviews. The comment mistakenly ommit the different components of the calculated total water budget deficit in our paper and accordingly claims that it is primarily aimed to create a ‘water panic’, a term that derives from a non-quantitative and subjective reading of t… Show more

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“…Despite the speculations and fears (Eladawy et al, 2022;Heggy et al, 2021;Heggy et al, 2022;Wheeler et al, 2022), this study shows that the two phases of lling the GERD (2020 and 2021) had no effect on the extent of the dam reservoirs in Sudan and Egypt, nor on the vegetation cover. On the contrary, the Aswan Lake expanded, and large quantities of water were transferred to Toshka Lakes to increase the strategic stock in anticipation of a water crisis that did not occur.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 68%
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“…Despite the speculations and fears (Eladawy et al, 2022;Heggy et al, 2021;Heggy et al, 2022;Wheeler et al, 2022), this study shows that the two phases of lling the GERD (2020 and 2021) had no effect on the extent of the dam reservoirs in Sudan and Egypt, nor on the vegetation cover. On the contrary, the Aswan Lake expanded, and large quantities of water were transferred to Toshka Lakes to increase the strategic stock in anticipation of a water crisis that did not occur.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 68%
“…According to a recent article, Ethiopia planned a short-term lling scenario (2020-2022) that could lead to a de cit in Egypt, for instance, equivalent to the losses of the current cultivated area of up to 72% (Heggy et al, 2021). However, this assumption has generated deep scienti c debates and controversies (Eladawy et al, 2022;Heggy et al, 2022;Wheeler et al, 2022) that identify a research path to be undertaken. Furthermore, although fair and judicious use is a fundamental principle in the distribution of water resources, its practical application still presents a great challenge, which leads to a dead end in the allocation of water between the riparian countries (Onencan and Van de Walle, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, policymakers have agreed upon the use of the observed historical ow series as the standard benchmark in several complex transboundary river basin negotiations 14,51 . Wheeler et al (2020) 12 synthesized the advantages of using historical ows, which have three bene ts. First, the transparency of simulations using historical ows as they relate to ow measurements and real lived experiences makes these simulations easily understood.…”
Section: Rationality Of the Simulationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…GERD will address this pressing power shortage upstream, doubling the electricity production in Ethiopia and serving as a regional energy hub for other African nations. Meanwhile, downstream, AHD primarily serves as a strategic water reserve against prolonged droughts 11, 12 . More details on the legitimate needs of both upstream power and downstream water can be found in Supplementary Section 1.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The measurement of quality of life results from a multidimensional questionnaire, covering physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual aspects. These dimensions can be linked to variations in symptoms of diseases, the therapies received, as well as their medical and financial conditions [17]. One thing that has a significant impact on quality of life is mental health.…”
Section: Quality Of Lifementioning
confidence: 99%