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Machines
and
Labour
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HooverItaipu Grand
Cullee
Aswan High Dam
46 Bm3
38 Bm3
16 Bm3
120 Bm3
Bm3 = Billion Cubic metre
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Yangtze-China
Mississippi - USA
Annual flow in Major Rivers
The Nile (at Aswan) 84 km³
St Lawrence 318 km³
Mississippi 510 km³
Yangtze 1006 km³
Congo 1320 km³
Amazon 6923 km³
Nile
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HOW ASWAN HAS SAVED EGYPT
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A Dam in no where,
and a Reservoir in the middle of the desert
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Media Bias
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The Nile looking downstream from Aswan High Dam
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Modern Aswan
Navigation
Old Aswan
Nile cruiser
Nile at Cairo
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Monuments and world Heritage preserved for future generations
Abu-Simbel Complex
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1940’s Lo water
18901906
1930’s-Hi water
1998 Hi Flood
Heritage restored to its glorious past
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The oldest Hydraulic civilization
5000 years of irrigation practices
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Inundation Border Check
Sprinkler
Lined watercourses
Modernization of the Irrigation system.
From the very old to the new to the modern.
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Quadruple the grain production to 19 M tons / year
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Native Life Styles preserved
Clean , lean and efficient management at the control panel.
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اإلطماء
منخفض توشكا
) 1981( توشكامفيضقناة ) 182.00(منسوب صي اق
نهر النيل الخالد
السد
العالى
خزان
أسوان ) 147.00(السعة الميتة
) 175.00( السعة الحية
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42
1
3بحيرة ناصر
توشكامفيضقناة
موجز األحداث منخفض توشكا
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1998\ 9\13 یوم منطقةالمنخفضاتبدء دخول المياه الى ) 160.16(حتى بلغت ) 1( وارتفاع مناسيب المياه فى منخفض
. 3م م ) 11452(وآانت السعة المقابلة 99\ 2\ 20یوم .ألول مرة ) 2( أخذ ت المياه طریقها الى منخفض ئذوعند
1998\ 9\13 یوم منطقةالمنخفضاتبدء دخول المياه الى ) 160.16(حتى بلغت ) 1( وارتفاع مناسيب المياه فى منخفض
. 3م م ) 11452(وآانت السعة المقابلة 99\ 2\ 20یوم .ألول مرة ) 2( أخذ ت المياه طریقها الى منخفض ئذوعند
فى التآآل نظرا لطبيعتها ) 2(و) 1(بدأت الوصلة بين منخفضى ) 2( وتبع ذلك انتقال آميات أآبر من المياه الى منخفض االنهياریة
: حيث آان 99\4\ 20حتى حدثت حالة السبات للمنسوب یوم
3 م م9293 وسعته 156.23) 1( منسوب منخفض •
3 م م3302 وسعته 138.51) 2( منسوب منخفض •
ولكن ) 3(و) 1( فى نفس الوقت آان قد تم حفر قناة بين منخفضى •. التصرفات التى مرت بها آانت ضئيلة
فى التآآل نظرا لطبيعتها ) 2(و) 1(بدأت الوصلة بين منخفضى ) 2( وتبع ذلك انتقال آميات أآبر من المياه الى منخفض االنهياریة
: حيث آان 99\4\ 20حتى حدثت حالة السبات للمنسوب یوم
3 م م9293 وسعته 156.23) 1( منسوب منخفض •
3 م م3302 وسعته 138.51) 2( منسوب منخفض •
ولكن ) 3(و) 1( فى نفس الوقت آان قد تم حفر قناة بين منخفضى •. التصرفات التى مرت بها آانت ضئيلة
13 2
4
156.23
138.50
160.16
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1998\ 9\13 یوم منطقةالمنخفضاتبدء دخول المياه الى ) 160.16(حتى بلغت ) 1( وارتفاع مناسيب المياه فى منخفض
. 3م م ) 11452(وآانت السعة المقابلة 99\ 2\ 20یوم .ألول مرة ) 2( أخذ ت المياه طریقها الى منخفض ئذوعند
1998\ 9\13 یوم منطقةالمنخفضاتبدء دخول المياه الى ) 160.16(حتى بلغت ) 1( وارتفاع مناسيب المياه فى منخفض
. 3م م ) 11452(وآانت السعة المقابلة 99\ 2\ 20یوم .ألول مرة ) 2( أخذ ت المياه طریقها الى منخفض ئذوعند
فى التآآل نظرا لطبيعتها ) 2(و) 1(بدأت الوصلة بين منخفضى ) 2( وتبع ذلك انتقال آميات أآبر من المياه الى منخفض االنهياریة
: حيث آان 99\4\ 20حتى حدثت حالة السبات للمنسوب یوم
3 م م9293 وسعته 156.23) 1( منسوب منخفض •
3 م م3302 وسعته 138.51) 2( منسوب منخفض •
ولكن ) 3(و) 1( فى نفس الوقت آان قد تم حفر قناة بين منخفضى •. التصرفات التى مرت بها آانت ضئيلة
فى التآآل نظرا لطبيعتها ) 2(و) 1(بدأت الوصلة بين منخفضى ) 2( وتبع ذلك انتقال آميات أآبر من المياه الى منخفض االنهياریة
: حيث آان 99\4\ 20حتى حدثت حالة السبات للمنسوب یوم
3 م م9293 وسعته 156.23) 1( منسوب منخفض •
3 م م3302 وسعته 138.51) 2( منسوب منخفض •
ولكن ) 3(و) 1( فى نفس الوقت آان قد تم حفر قناة بين منخفضى •. التصرفات التى مرت بها آانت ضئيلة
13 2
4
.الى اللقاء عند ورود الفيضان الجدید .الى اللقاء عند ورود الفيضان الجدید
156.23
138.50
160.16
1999\1998 فيضان 19991999\\19981998 فيضان فيضان
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تصل الـى منخفض 2000\99 هى مياه فيضان عام هاحيث آان قد نقص منسوب منخفض 99\9\10یوم ) 1(الـى ) 2(ومنســـوب منـخفـض ) 154.54( الـى ) 1(.بفعل ظاهرتى البخر والتشرب ) 139.97(
تصل الـى منخفض 2000\99 هى مياه فيضان عام هاحيث آان قد نقص منسوب منخفض 99\9\10یوم ) 1(الـى ) 2(ومنســـوب منـخفـض ) 154.54( الـى ) 1(.بفعل ظاهرتى البخر والتشرب ) 139.97(
) 1( وصل منسوب منخفض 1999\9\30فى یوم لثانى ) 2(ودخلت المياه الى منخفض ) 156.24( الى
فى االرتفاع حتى ) 1(مرة واستمر منسوب منخفض .1999\11\17یوم ) 158.63( بلغ
) 1( وصل منسوب منخفض 1999\9\30فى یوم لثانى ) 2(ودخلت المياه الى منخفض ) 156.24( الى
فى االرتفاع حتى ) 1(مرة واستمر منسوب منخفض .1999\11\17یوم ) 158.63( بلغ
3 1 24
) 2( وصل منسوب منخفض 1999\11\25وفـى یوم حيث بدأ دخول المياه الى منخفض ) 151.45(الى
. ألول مرة ) 4(
) 2( وصل منسوب منخفض 1999\11\25وفـى یوم حيث بدأ دخول المياه الى منخفض ) 151.45(الى
. ألول مرة ) 4(
) 2(و) 1( استمر تأثير ظاهرة التآآل على الوصلة بين منخفضى ونتيجة لذلك فقد انتقلت آميات ) . 4(و) 2(والوصلة بين منخفضى
و آــانت السعــا ت فــى ) . 4(ضخمـة من الميـاه الى منخفـض
-:آاالتى 2000\6\30
( ) .المنسوب - 3 م م7721) 1( سعة منخفض •
( ) . المنسوب - 3 م م3908) 2( سعة منخفض •
( ) .المنسوب -3 م م11843) 4( سعة منخفض •
) 2(و) 1( استمر تأثير ظاهرة التآآل على الوصلة بين منخفضى ونتيجة لذلك فقد انتقلت آميات ) . 4(و) 2(والوصلة بين منخفضى
و آــانت السعــا ت فــى ) . 4(ضخمـة من الميـاه الى منخفـض
-:آاالتى 2000\6\30
( ) .المنسوب - 3 م م7721) 1( سعة منخفض •
( ) . المنسوب - 3 م م3908) 2( سعة منخفض •
( ) .المنسوب -3 م م11843) 4( سعة منخفض •
القادم الفيضان
بإذن اهللا
القادم الفيضان
بإذن اهللا
139.97
158.63 151.45
2000\1999 فيضان 20002000\\19991999 فيضان فيضان
154.54154.00
141.00135.00
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العمالق المفيض فق داخل لتتدومرة أخرى تعود المياه
حيث ارتفع منسوب المياه بمنخفض 2000\10\وم ی
وارتفع المنســــــــوب بمنخفض ) 100.00(الى ) 1 (
). 100.00(الى ) 2(
العمالق المفيض فق داخل لتتدومرة أخرى تعود المياه
حيث ارتفع منسوب المياه بمنخفض 2000\10\وم ی
وارتفع المنســــــــوب بمنخفض ) 100.00(الى ) 1 (
). 100.00(الى ) 2(
3 1 24
فى التناقص حتى ) 1(ثم بدأ بعد ذلك منسوب منخفض بينما استمر منسوب 2001\ 6\30یوم ) 153.00(بلغ
ومنسوب ) 140.00(فى التزاید حتى بلغ ) 2(منخفض .تقریبًا ) 137.00(حتى بلغ ) 4(
فى التناقص حتى ) 1(ثم بدأ بعد ذلك منسوب منخفض بينما استمر منسوب 2001\ 6\30یوم ) 153.00(بلغ
ومنسوب ) 140.00(فى التزاید حتى بلغ ) 2(منخفض .تقریبًا ) 137.00(حتى بلغ ) 4(
100.00
151.00
141.80 137.00
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TOSHKA
Lake Nasser
Lake Nasser
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China : the leader for dam construction in ASIA
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Case of China: Dynamic actionsin five years from 1998 to 2002
• Comparisonbetweenactions in China from
1998 – 2002 to the USBR actions in USA.
• Data from US report R 33 to ICOLD Congress Beijing Q77t
• USBR action produced 60 % of the US nation’s vegetables and 25 % of its fruits and nuts
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700 million tons of sedimentations per year pass through the river annually.
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In the past 2,000 years, the Yangtze River has experienced 215 catastrophic floods.
In 1998 flooding in the area expected to be controlled by the dam resulted in 4,000 dead, 14 million left homeless and $24 billion in economic losses.
Over 360 million people live within the watershed of the Yangtze River.
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More than 50 years of modeling ,testing and simulation
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Decades of internal and external panel reviews
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Excellent conditions for dam site
Sluices to remove the silt from the reservoir are at work
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Hydro Power Generation equal to power from 59 coal-fired plants burning 50 Million tons per year.
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The Concept and the Reality matched
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Inspiring a new art
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Top of the line
technology
applications
Efficient, timely and skillful execution
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Preserve nature beauty
Save people lives and properties
YichangGorges
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Wuhan
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SYNTHESIS : dams are nothing per se ,just an important key : development is all !
The demand of development is huge: now thedeveloped world represents 1/7 of the pop; 5/7 are far below and living as in new « bantoustans », often destroyed by new external debts , pushed to new loans andbad deals , and 1/7 is just waiting for death.
this is a new manifestation of past« apartheid » : as it was , it is unbearable , affecting human rights and dangereous for peace.
Meeting the needs as soon as possible is theleading objective :all the techniques considered as alternatives to dams shouldbe together pursued and not seen as substitutes.The dams are attacked through propagandaand are victims of systematic calumniesbecause they are sources of wealth and tooefficient in world competition for power .
The present trend of water storage increasewith dam construction remains positive but too much concentrated in few countries , andglobally too low.
If it is true ,why are they ignoring thebeautifull concepts of « virtualwater » , as virtual food , medecineand life ?
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•Largely Unknown factor
•Floods
•Drought
Climatic changes
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The Blue Planet..keep it blue..Wisely !
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شكراSHUKRAN
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