Comment on ‘Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios’

In their recent paper in ERL, ‘Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) filling scenarios,’ Heggy et al (2021 Environ. Res. Lett. 16 074022) paint an alarming picture of the water deficits and economic impacts for Egypt that will o...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Kevin Wheeler, Marc Jeuland, Kenneth Strzepek, Jim Hall, Edith Zagona, Gamal Abdo, Thinus Basson, Don Blackmore, Paul Block, Dale Whittington
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Subjects:	Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Nile Egypt Sudan Ethiopia Aswan High Dam Reservoir
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7e5e

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