Egyptian Sudan 24

Egypt is the Nile

Monsieur Brunet, the famous French engineer who was a French member of the board of directors of the Egyptian Railways - before this board was dissolved by agreement in 1904 - spoke at the Egyptian Scientific Institute on January 21, 1893, saying: "The construction of a reservoir on the course of the Nile exposes Egypt to the gravest dangers, even to death. It would be enough to destroy Egypt if a dam were built at the mouth of Lake Victoria, above the waterfall called Rebeon. This lake, which holds 50 billion cubic meters, rises by at most 30 centimeters per year. Therefore, ten years would have to pass before the water reached the top of this dam. In this way, Egypt would be deprived of a small amount of water during the flood season, which is ten billion cubic meters, while the total floodwater in the Nile is 75 billion. But the damage appears during the low water period, as Egypt would be deprived of 250 cubic meters per second out of 455 cubic meters. This water is measured at Khartoum, but much of it is lost through evaporation and seepage before reaching Cairo. So, out of 455 cubic meters of water at Khartoum, only 200 cubic meters reach Cairo. If the dam were built, only 80 to 100 cubic meters per second would reach Cairo, and this would lead to ruin." On October 1, 1895, Sir C. W. Moncrieff, who was Undersecretary of State for Egyptian Public Works, presented a report at the Royal Society of England, in which he said: "Therefore, the country that owns the Upper Nile has undoubtedly established sluices in Lake Victoria Nyanza to regulate the outflow of water from that sea, just as Manchester regulates its reservoirs. This work in itself is easy. If it were done, the feeding of the Nile from those sluices would be in the hands of the country that owns it there. And if misfortune were to befall unfortunate Egypt, it would be in..."