The intensity of the canal's progress increased. The law prohibiting the irrigation of rain-fed lands from mid-May to the end of July was enforced. The result of these measures was that from the end of the summer irrigation period, only 11% of the rice cultivation suffered from a lack of water. The cultivated area for cotton, which was about 170,000 feddans, received sufficient irrigation and did not experience any shortage. In some places, sufficient water reached the smaller canals, where it had been difficult to reach in past years. The main reason for this was the modification of the sluice gates from the canals, which were made wider than necessary.

The flood arrived late, was low, and very short in duration. The real drop in the river level began in September, as is usually the case. These unusual conditions should have made the Nile water insufficient for irrigating Upper Egypt, but for the Aswan Dam. Only 22,000 feddans were left unirrigated by the flood.

Due to the low flood, the demand for labor to maintain the Nile banks and basin embankments decreased significantly, as shown by the comparison with previous years.

| | 1912 | 1911 | 1910 | 1909 | |--------|-------|-------|-------|-------| | Upper Egypt | 1,129 | 9,766 | 1,175 | 12,773 | | Lower Egypt | 1,074 | 3,816 | 971 | 8,564 | | Total | 11,693 | 13,042 | 1,921 | 20,837 | A recent study was conducted on the volume of water discharged from the Nile. Based on calculations of the water entering through the gates of the Aswan Dam, the usual calculation of discharge using river meters makes the discharged water volume appear greater than the actual water entering. The Survey Department investigated this discrepancy mathematically and found that 20% should be subtracted from the volume calculated by river meters. This is due to the flood and 10% during the period of evaporation. Research is currently underway on what measures should be taken to correct the calculation of river meters.