@HanyIbrahim17 @SalvoChester1 @RenaissanceDam @HItefa @BMLenjiso @mfaethiopia @TayeAtske @PMEthiopia @RedwanHussien @DrTedros @MwriEgypt @HaniSewilam @khaledmahmoued1 @arableague_gs @ahmedmubarak87 @essamheggy @Grand_GERD @YacobArsano @ZerihunZAY @TirusewAsefa @Mekdi_Messay @hawelti Meaning that the Blue Nile /Abay river water is used for both consumptive including irrigation and non- consumptive uses in both upstream and downstream countries.

@HanyIbrahim17 @SalvoChester1 @RenaissanceDam @HItefa @BMLenjiso @mfaethiopia @TayeAtske @PMEthiopia @RedwanHussien @DrTedros @MwriEgypt @HaniSewilam @khaledmahmoued1 @arableague_gs @ahmedmubarak87 @essamheggy @Grand_GERD @YacobArsano @ZerihunZAY @TirusewAsefa @Mekdi_Messay @hawelti GERD main purpose is energy generation. Blue Nile / Abay river water has multipurpose uses for both upstream and downstream countries.

@RenaissanceDam In a very wet year, GERD can generate up to 26,000 GWhr/year, in drought year it reduce to 9000 GWhr/year, what you find in literature 15700 GWhr/year is average energy generation over many years based on historical Abay / Blue Niie flow data.

@HanyIbrahim17 Hany, look dam owner right to adjust the GERD annual operation (b).

@RenaissanceDam Agreed Asrat, this paper below support your assessment. We may trade HP in binding way, up to the downstream release water share limit (when agreed). In the future limiting factor is Food not Energy.

RT @dessalegnmanaye: #GERD has created a spirit of accomplishment in people's minds as many people shout the slogan "Yes, we can." This the…

Article on Abay river:

@HanyIbrahim17 GERD main purpose is hydropower; Blue Nile river is obviously used for domestic & industrial water supply, irrigation, hydro powers, and other uses in the three countries.

@HanyIbrahim17 Annual operation rules are annual releases from GERD - future releases. The future releases from GERD is dependent on inflow to GERD, and mainly dependent on future development upstream of GERD; so how can we fix agreement on annual operation, without water sharing agreement?

@HanyIbrahim17 You mean final agreement regulating GERD or regulating Blue Nile future releases?

@HanyIbrahim17 So deceptive, twisting matter to prove your wish. Ethiopia, any one in the world, is not constructing a dam to fail. This is engineering at best. Please check the safety of your dam (served already for more than 50 years) and storing twice the size of GERD storage.

@galema12 @RenaissanceDam The operation rule forced GERD to release near avg Q. GERD WL will not be < 610 masl to protect turbine cavitation. Simulations using various operation rules adapting to flows will produce > 15TW/year by 13 turbines. GERD is mainly for HP, but Abay river Q is for all uses.

@RenaissanceDam "ensuring that water releases meet agreed-upon commitments and environmental needs." This statement is valid only after and when Ethiopia has a water allocation agreement with Sudan and Egypt.

@PatrickHeinisc1 @AbiyAhmedAli Ethiopia must have ownership of land for port (purchase / lease /.. ) including land corridor connecting ETH with the port (Red Sea or/and India O.). Countries with port & corridor land to offer, must negotiate to secure their share of water from the ETH rivers soon or later.

@Zemedeneh @FactProtocol Ethiopia permanent water body surface area is about 1% of the country area (11,000 km2) including dam reservoir areas. FactProtocol estimated 10 times of the known, need to correct.

RT @POEthiopia: -ውድ ኢትዮጵያዊያን -ውድ ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊያን በያላችሁበት ፈጣሪያችን በቸርነቱ ያቀዳጀንን አዲስ ዓመት ተቀብለናል፡፡ እኔም ዛሬ ለ5ኛ ጊዜ ከፊታችሁ ቀርብያለሁ፡፡ እንኳን ለ2016 ዓ.…

I am glad to see today that the fourth GERD filling is completed and spilled majestically over the middle lowblock.

@AlMariam1 @PMEthiopia @DemekeHasen @_AfricanUnion Prof. Al Mariam please do not frame matters beyond the words stated in the joint statement. The matter of agreement on Blue Nile water / GERD is very very serious for Ethiopia current and future generation.

This allow other part of the economy (services and industry) to grow and have resilience against drought shock.