The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is being built on the Abbay river and financed entirely by the Ethiopian people, has great benefits to downstream countries, both Sudan and Egypt. One of the benefits is that it mitigates flooding in Sudan. By virtue of its location in the valley of the Abbay river upstream of the flat topography of Sudan, is a textbook example of flood control reservoir, even though the primary objective of the dam is power generation. In addition to these benefit it mitigate climate change impacts due to variability of rainfall amount. The stored water in wet years will be used in subsequent dryer years for irrigation agriculture.
This webinar explores the pro-bono work performed in the past 8 years by the presenter as a consultant to the Ethiopian government negotiation team.
Presenter:
Alem Gebriel - PhD, PE, CFM - Water Resources Technical Lead , WSP USA
