Public Authority for the High Dam and Aswan Reservoir  

 Responsibilities

- Operating and maintaining the High Dam and Aswan Dam;

- Monitoring water levels upstream and downstream the High Dam;

- Monitoring water levels in Lake Nasser;

- Studying and executing all supplementary projects necessary for the High Dam and Aswan Dam;

-Monitoring and studying earthquakes in Aswan region.

Achievements

- Rehabilitation of utilities and equipment used in the High Dam and Aswan Dam;

- Completion of support project for the High Dam and Aswan Dam;

- Injection of cut-off walls in the High Dam.

Future Plans

-Improving Toshka spillway to increase its storage capacity;

-Studying the ways to minimize water loss through evaporation of Lake Nasser;

-Studying the ways to protect Lake Nasser from creeping sand dunes;

   -Participation in implementing the South Egypt Development Project.

Structure

The Public Authority for the High Dam and Aswan Reservoir consists of the following central departments:

- The Central Department of Toshka Spillway Execution;

- The Central Department of Execution and Maintenance of Aswan Dam.