Which statement describes a struggle over water rights between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile River?(1 point)

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Each country wants the other country to be responsible for wastewater treatment along the river.
Each country wants the other country to be responsible for wastewater treatment along the river.

Both countries want more control over the flow of the river for irrigation and electricity production.
Both countries want more control over the flow of the river for irrigation and electricity production.

Both countries want to ensure that the flow of the Nile is steady in all of the countries it passes through.
Both countries want to ensure that the flow of the Nile is steady in all of the countries it passes through.

Each country wants the other country to sign the Nile Waters Agreements.

1 answer

The statement that best describes the struggle over water rights between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile River is:

Both countries want more control over the flow of the river for irrigation and electricity production.

This reflects the core issue of the dispute, particularly in relation to Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Egypt's reliance on the Nile for freshwater.