A boat cannot go forward if each rows his own way
Be it to improve irrigation, manage floods and droughts or generate energy; dams have played a significant role in humanity’s progress. But the dam-building development model also has its flaws. The Niles journalists tackle the sensitive dam topic and self-aware that they all are in the same boat, they agree that it is time to start rowing the same way.
Be it to improve irrigation, manage floods and droughts or generate energy; dams have played a significant role in humanity’s progress. But the dam-building development model also has its flaws. The Niles journalists tackle the sensitive dam topic and self-aware that they all are in the same boat, they agree that it is time to start rowing the same way.
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The Aswan Dam across the Nile, Egypt, 1926:
Two longitudinal sections, one of the Aswan Reservoir, showing
the partial submersion of various ancient temples by the formation
of the reservoir and the water levels before and after heightening
the dam. The other section is of the dam itself. Built between 1898
and 1902, the Aswan Dam was designed to better control the massive
annual Nile floods for irrigation as well as providing hydroelectric
power. After the dam was completed, it became clear that its height
and the size of the reservoir behind it were insufficient. As a result, the
dam’s height was further raised in 1907-1912 and again in 1929-1934.
Even after this the dam ultimately proved inadequate for its purpose,
leading to the building of the much larger Aswan High Dam between
1960 and 1970.
Photo: SSPL / Getty Images
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