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1979). 7. , 1979). 2 (fa Controversies Over the Dam Twenty-eight years have now passed since 1952, when Egypt's Revolu tionary Council adopted the concept of an engineering work at Aswan to regulate the flow of water and restore it for the development needs of a country then beset with persistent economic hardships. The purpose of building the Aswan High Dam was to form a reservoir so large that excess water from the Nile's greater flood years could be held in storage for several years in the future and released under control when required.
The current resting places of four of the twenty-three temples that were rescued from destruction are examples of how the universal heritage of Nubia can be treated. These have gone overseas to New York, Holland, Italy, and Spain. The remainder of the temples were re-erected in Egypt. The temples of Nubia, Abu Simbel, and Philae have become unique tourist attractions of great potential value to the tourist industry of Egypt. 36 DAMS, PEOPLE, AND DEVELOPMENT SCHISTOSOMIASIS (BILHARZIASIS) Last but not least in the list of the dam's adverse ecological effects is the health problem, mainly in connection with the potential increase in schistosomiasis, a debilitating parasitic disease caused by a tiny worm or blood fluke.
400 million. E. ). E. E. 210 million since construction in 1971. E. 450 million. This was paid for within two years of the project's completion. E. E. E. E. E. 100 million from hydroelectric production. This is a very high rate of return indeed (AbulAtta, 1979). Whatever the case may be, any economic cost/benefit analysis of the Aswan High Dam project can only be approximate in its conclusions, as many of the costs are still vague and sometimes hard to treat in figures when related to humans and ecological side effects.