The Atlantic Council posted on 2 June 2021 a commentary titled "Egypt Has a Water Problem--And No, It's Not Only the GERD" by Yaniv Cohen.
Although Egypt's population growth rate is now a moderate 2 percent annually, between 1960 and 2020, its population increased from 27 million to over 100 million. Population growth and climate change are impacting Egypt's future of water sufficiency in ways unrelated to the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. The water needs of Egypt's growing population threaten to outstrip the Nile River's capacity. Egypt needs to look at water conservation measures.
