The stakes are also high for India and Bangladesh who are concerned about how the dam will alter the downstream water supply. India fears the project could trigger flash floods or create water ...

Mahmoud Essmat, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, accompanied by members of the House of Representatives’ Energy and Environment Committee, headed by Representative Talaat El-Sweidy, ...

Egypt is celebrating today the 65th anniversary of the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser laying the cornerstone for the High Dam on January 9, 1960. Dr. Hani Sewilam, Minister of Water Resources and ...

"It was just fantastic to watch... It was a monument task," she said. During the dam's construction, the job of the high scaler was by far the most dangerous, as well as the most dramatic.

Prepared under the Kinkaid Act and submitted to Congress, the report recommended construction of a high dam on the Colorado River at or near Boulder Canyon. The report also suggested that the ...

On Dec. 9, 1960, construction of the Aswan High Dam began in Egypt. It would be the first time flooding on the Nile would be controlled. The first blast, delivered by President Gamal Abdel Nasser ...