Watching the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam from a distance: Implications for sustainable water management of the Nile water.

ABSTRACT: Increased demands for sustainable water and energy resources in densely populated basins have led to the construction of dams, which impound waters in artificial reservoirs. In many cases, scarce field data led to the development of models that underestimated the seepage losses from reservoirs and ignored the role of extensive fault networks as preferred pathways for groundwater flow. We adopt an integrated approach (remote sensing, hydrologic modeling, and field observations) to assess the magnitude and nature of seepage from such systems using the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Africa's largest hydropower project, as a test site. The dam was constructed on the Blue Nile within steep, highly fractured, and weathered terrain in the western Ethiopian Highlands. The GERD Gravity Rec

SUBMITTER: Abdelmohsen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11214100 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature