Egypt is Building a $9.7BN New Nile Delta

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Published 2023-08-11
Egypt is building the world’s largest artificial river, which will transform 9,200 square kilometers of desert into a new Nile Delta, helping feed its exploding population. Announced in March 2021 by Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the project will involve new canals and artificial rivers to redirect agricultural wastewater from the Nile River to a new water treatment plant. It will then be used to irrigate 9,200 square kilometers of desert into farmland, creating a region called The New Delta. The project will create a list of benefits, such as increasing Egyptian food security, exports, and helping solve the water scarcity problem. Since announced, construction has advanced significantly.

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Video Chapters
0:00-2:57 Introduction
2:57-5:56 The New Delta
5:56-6:51 Benefits
6:51-8:59 Ethiopia Dam
8:59-10:51 Project Updates

All Comments (21)
  • Hey guys, thanks for watching! What do you think about Egypt’s New Delta?
  • @eges72
    Imagine travelling back in time and telling the Romans that their breadbasket will be one of the largest grain importers 2000 years later
  • @SeeLasSee
    Well, Egyptians have loved mega projects for thousands of years.
  • @g3org3yo7
    Well done Egypt! Love from Greece 🇪🇬 ❤🇬🇷
  • @AbleReason
    Ironic that Egypt is short of wheat as they used to be the main source of wheat for the Roman Empire.
  • Good luck from Tunisia 🇹🇳🌹🇪🇬 ❤ حبايبنا أهل مصر ❤
  • @galaleldin2947
    I'm Egyptian and I'll try to summarise the conditions here with 100% honesty. my true opinion on the economic state and the living expenses. People are getting more poorer and life expenses are skyrocketing. We have a foreign currency shortage so importing materials necessary for industrial and agricultural purposes is halted. These projects are magnificent and i 100% support them and support the government choices, my point is that these project should've been done so much earlier than that, maybe 7 or 8 years ago instead of the new cities and hot cash policies ( we're in huge debt to the IMF) it'd done huge difference and fortified our economy against the current economic crisis. This country and it's people are made of steel whether u support the government or not ( i disagree with the current government in many aspects before calling me a blind supporter)
  • megaprojects always sound great but rarely meet the often utopian preconceptions made around it
  • @felineboy1586
    I am so happy to have supported this channel for so long
  • @Ptoly
    I believe this was based off of a previous attempt where Germany and Egypt cooperated to form an artificial new lake in Egypt by creating several canals moving into the Qattara Depression which was a lake thousands of years ago but dried up. Egypt denied this project however due to the fear that it could poison it's water supplies
  • Good news about Ethiopia-- Egypt and Ethiopia have finally signed an agreement. Looks like a water war was avoided, and both countries can prosper.
  • @waledharedy1370
    I was chocked of how fast and amazing work they did in a very short time ! I think they’re going into the right direction . Egyptian people love bread ! I don’t think anyone in the world can claim more love for bread than Egyptian .
  • @shehta1231
    This project is designed by me It relies mainly on the reuse of drainage water and wastewater in the West Delta region, which is estimated at 6.5 million cubic meters per day, and was dumped into the Mediterranean Sea through the Max stations. In addition to the dainage water and treated sewage water of Alexandria governorate with one million cubic meters of fresh water through Al-Nasr Canal to reduce salinity 400,000 feddans will be cultivated on this water in the south of Dabaa axis
  • الحمد لله ❤ نسأل الله أن يرزقنا من واسع فضله العظيم وأن ينعم على مصر بالأمن والأمان والاستقرار والرخاء وجميع بلاد المسلمين 🤲🇪🇬🌹
  • @LI.Agentio
    Viva Egypt. Love how realistic Egyptian leaders are working to better their country and lives of their people
  • @okamijubei
    Sounds like those Egyptians create a new prototype for a new civilization expansion... Haven't done since Alexander's liberation. I wish them well and hope it'll create an Egyptian Renaissance
  • @Khaled91
    Well done Egypt! The previous regime of Hosni Mubarak never had any foresight for future needs whilst witnessing the population grow!