Water stress
In his speech at a gathering with a group of youth and in presence of the Minister of Sports and Youth Ashraf Sobhy, Suwailem added that Egypt and Sudan receive only 3% of the rainfall that falls on the upstream countries, which is estimated to be about 1,600 billion cubic meters annually. In contrast, the total rainfall across the entire Nile Basin (both within and outside the Nile Basin countries) is about 7,000 billion cubic meters annually.
"The rise in temperature caused water stress in various areas, and sea level rise along the coastal cities and the Nile Delta," he added in a seminar held by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), in cooperation with the Heliopolis University, in Cairo.
The state has adopted a methodology for the drinking water and sanitation utilities sector to face water needs in light of climate changes.
The meeting also tackled the Turkish measures regarding the construction of dams on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which caused water stress in the downstream countries of Iraq and Syria.
