Egypt Mismanages Water, Reservoirs Face Major Evaporation Losses, Says Former GERD Negotiator
A former Ethiopian negotiator claims that Egypt's Aswan High Dam loses significant water to evaporation due to its desert location. He suggests that storing water in Ethiopia's cooler, deep highland gorges would be more efficient and beneficial for the entire Nile Basin.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing geopolitical tensions regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the management of Nile water resources between Ethiopia and Egypt.
አማርኛ ትግርኛ Afaan Oromoo Af‑Soomaali Qafar Afa English Français عربي Politics Social Economy Sport Technology Environment Feature Videos About Us Egypt Mismanages Water, Reservoirs Face Major Evaporation Losses, Says Former GERD Negotiator 🔇Unmute Addis Ababa, Sep 1, 2026 (ENA) — Water stored in Egypt’s downstream reservoirs suffers from high rates of evaporation due to the country’s hot desert climate, according to Fekahmed Negash, Chairperson of the Advisory Team on Transboundary Water and GERD at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy.
Fekahmed, a former member of Ethiopia’s GERD negotiation team and former Executive Director of the Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO), emphasized that Ethiopia’s deep and narrow highland gorges provide far more favorable conditions for water storage.
Storing water in these cooler highland areas, he argued, could ultimately benefit the entire Nile Basin countries.
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