Biography:

• Former First Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation
• Former Deputy Chairman of the National Water Reasearch Center
• Former Chairman of the Egyption Dredging Company
• Consultant to WB, UNDP, FAO, ICARDA
• Visiting Lecture in Cairo, Ein Shams, Alexandria and Zagazig Universities

Abstract:

Imapct of Climate Change on Water Resources in Egypt

Egypt is 95% dependant in its water supply on Nile water. The River Nile originates more than 6000 km inside the African Continent. The Nile Basin is composed of three separate sub-basins, these are: the Equatorial Lakes plateau, Bahr El Ghazal and the Ethiopian Highlands. The natural flow of the river in Egypt depends on the precipitation over each of these sub-basins. If climate change affects the intensity of rain in the Nile Basin either by increase or by decrease, water resources of Egypt will be affected accordingly.
This paper attempts to predict the impact of change of rainfall on the Nile Basin on the Egyptian water resources.
In the meantime the impact of climate change on rain which falls on the north coast of the country and the effect of sea level rise on groundwater will also be explored.