Rainfall rates are around average at the Nile River's headwaters, but it is still too early to judge the volume of the flood this year, said Egypt's Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abdel-Ati on Sunday.
During a meeting of the Permanent Committee for Regulating the Nile River Revenue, Abdel-Ati indicated that the committee "is in a permanent session" to follow up the rainfall rates over the headwaters of the Nile so as to determine the quantities of water reaching the High Dam lake, a statement by the ministry said.
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