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Nile DST

Project Description

Principal Investigator: Aris Georgakakos (GWRI/Georgia Tech)      About...

Huaming Yao (Research Associate)     About...
Amy Tidwell (Research Associate)     About...
Carlo De Marchi (Research Associate)     About...
Kelly Brumbelow (Research Associate)     About...

Sponsor: UN FAO

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Description

The Nile Basin is home for 250 million people spread into ten different countries. For all these countries (Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Eritreia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo), the river is life itself, helping to grow crops, sustain livestock, and power economic development. However, the time when the river could generously meet each country’s water needs independently of all the rest is coming to an end, and the need for basin-wide management is becoming clear. The Georgia Water Resources Institute has been developing a state-of-the-science decision support system that encompasses the river reaches of the White, Blue, and Main Nile branches, along with the existing and proposed water conservation and development projects. The Nile decision support system (Nile-DSS) includes models for inflow forecasting, river and reservoir routing, and reservoir control, and runs on personal computers under a user-friendly, graphical interface. The purpose of the Nile-DSS is to facilitate the Nile Basin Stakeholders in setting forth equitable and lasting water use agreements.