{"id":181760,"date":"2021-02-26T01:48:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-98-why-its-important-to-understand-how-much-water-is-in-the-nile-river\/"},"modified":"2021-02-26T01:48:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T23:48:49","slug":"pasha-98-why-its-important-to-understand-how-much-water-is-in-the-nile-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-98-why-its-important-to-understand-how-much-water-is-in-the-nile-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 98: Why it&#8217;s important to understand how much water is in the Nile river"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pasha-98-why-its-important-to-understand-how-much-water-is-in-the-nile-river.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The Nile river flows through 11 countries in Africa. It is a major source of water for millions of people. This makes it increasingly important that the river is used in a way that\u2019s equitable and fair to all. The starting point is to know how much water there is in the river system, and where \u2013 including soil moisture. <\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode of Pasha, Emad Hasan, a postdoctoral researcher in remote sensing hydrology at Binghamton University and the State University of New York, talks about how satellite observations are used to gather this important data. What the data reveal is that there\u2019s potential for a crisis. Lake Victoria water tower receives about twice the water volume that the Blue Nile basin receives during the wet season. And the Sudd basin (the southern water sink) loses about twice as much water as the northern Main Nile region.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive planning to save water resources for future development is absolutely critical.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> <em> <strong> Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/satellite-data-provides-fresh-insights-into-the-amount-of-water-in-the-nile-basin-148545\">Satellite data provides fresh insights into the amount of water in the Nile basin<\/a> <\/strong> <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong><br \/>\u201cAerial of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, with river Nile on the right\u201d by Frontpage found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/aerial-juba-capital-south-sudan-river-79424332\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/John_Bartmann\/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One\/happy-african-village\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Sea Change by Kyle Preston\u201d, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Kyle_Preston\/Geo\/A_Sea_Change\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/\">Attribution NonCommercial License.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/africa\/\">Source: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nile river flows through 11 countries in Africa. It is a major source of water for millions of people. This makes it increasingly important that the river is used in a way that\u2019s equitable and fair to all. 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