This book is useful to those in water resources management and
policy formulations, hydrologists, environmentalists, engineers and
researchers. Exploiting advanced statistical techniques and the
latest state-of-the-art multi-mission satellites, surface models
and reanalysis products, this book provides the first comprehensive
weighing of the changes in the Nile River Basin's (NRB: ~ 3,400,000
km2 ) stored waters' compartments, surface, soil moisture and
groundwater, and their association to climate variability/change
and anthropogenic impacts on the one hand. On the other hand, it
argues on the need for equitable use of the NRB's waters by all 11
countries within its basin, and doing away with obsolete Nile
treaties that were signed by Britain, Egypt and Sudan, which
prohibit the use of the Nile by 8 upstream countries. With
Ethiopia's construction of Africa's largest dam (GERD; Grand
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) along the Blue Nile, which is expected
to take several years to fill, the Nile is back on the news.
Combined with Uganda's Nalubaale, Kiira and Bujagali dams on the
White Nile, these human-induced impacts (i.e., damming), coupled
with those of climate variability/change, are expected to
exacerbate tension with the low stream countries (Egypt and Sudan)
fearing the cut in theNile's total volume. Furthermore, the Nile
river, arguably the world's longest river (6800 km), impacts on the
livelihood of over 300 million people of 11 countries within its
basin. This population is expected to double in the next
twenty-five years, thereby putting extreme pressure on its water
resources. An in-depth analysis of changes in the Nile's stored
waters, therefore, is essential to inform its management and
sustainable equitable use. Owing to its sheer size, however,
obtaining in-situ data from "boots on the ground" is practically
impossible, paving way to the space-based weighing of the Nile
River Basin using a suite of high spatio-temporal remotely sensed
and reanalysis products, as well as those of hydrological models.
"Arguably, the Nile River is the most unique river in the world. It
spans extremes of rainfall from being measured by meters to being
measured by centimeters, from the humid tropics to the driest of
deserts. Yet, thirsty people live throughout this basin and
therefore the demands on its water resources are uneven. Knowing
the water amounts throughout the entire Nile Basin is a critical
step for governments and international treaties to avoid the
"Tragedy of the Commons". Africa can embrace this future through
the leadership of Prof. Awange and others like him who have devoted
their careers to Africa's waters" -Doug Alsdorf, Ph.D., Professor
of Geophysics at the Ohio State University (USA).
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