Moreover, even if it does rain in the region, it would take two to three days for that water intake to be recorded at the dam, since it takes that much time for the water to travel to the turbines.

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They added that since the completion of the Aswan High Dam, Egypt's population had doubled, calorie intake and meat consumption had risen by more than a third, and the use of fertilisers had increased four-fold.

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The OPSIS data raises the critical question of how the dam is experiencing one of its all-time highs in water intake when no significant rainfall has been reported.

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