Read It An Egyptian columnist on Al-Ahram, the well-known Egyptian - TopicsExpress



          

Read It An Egyptian columnist on Al-Ahram, the well-known Egyptian daily, wrote the following about the New Dam of Ethiopia. "With a safety coefficient as low as 1.5, compared to eight in the case of the Aswan High Dam, one main concern about the new dam is its low safety standards, with some experts believing that it could collapse within 25 years of its inauguration. The reservoir behind the dam will hold 74 billion cubic metres of water, which means that a collapse of the dam would flood major cities, among them Khartoum in Sudan, and would have drastic effects on Egypt." You may read the full article on the following link weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/2843/17/Watering-economic-woes-.aspx
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:27:02 +0000

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