On the Nile, Egypt cuts water use as Ethiopia dams for power

[Swede]

Follow the great river north as it winds thousands of miles through highlands and deserts and funnels into the canals of Egypt's Nile Delta. Since the days of the pharaohs, the land's fate has been twinned with the Nile, and when other visions and schemes failed, the people of the delta believed that the river, which carried Moses through the reeds and Cleopatra on her lavish exploits, belonged to them.

It is in the delta, on some of the most fertile land in the world, that rice farmers have been ordered to plant fewer acres to conserve water as Ethiopia and other nations threaten to siphon away millions of gallons before the river reaches Egypt.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/11/world/la-fg-nile-battle-20100912

[Heywood J]

1. Welcome to Water Wars: Africa.

How long will this take to come to a head?