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“As for drought durations, the water flowing into the reservoir will remain in the dam”, the General Manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Kifle Horo, told Al Arabiyah on Monday.
Horo explained, “during heavy rains, water would overflow in the direction of the two downstream countries. That is the regular way of filling in such projects”.
The Ethiopian official added that a second turbine would be installed in a few weeks. Following the installation of all 13 turbines; the total capacity of the dam would reach up to 5,150 megawatts with an output capacity of 15,760 gigawatts.
In April, satellite images showed a reduction in the amount of water in the reservoir, which fell from eight billion cubic meters to seven over the past few weeks. The reduction was caused by daily release of 30 million cubic metres to operate the turbine.
The dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia dates back to May 2011, when Ethiopia began constructing the dam. Egypt has been voicing concerns over its water share of 55.5 billion cubic metres.
