In a statement earlier this week Egypt and Sudan accused Ethiopia of acting unilaterally over the filling and having "bad intentions" - suggesting the dam was being filled deliberately.
But this gives the false impression that filling up the dam is like filling up a bath - and that Ethiopia can turn a tap on and off at will.
Can't it be stopped?
No. The reservoir behind the dam will fill naturally during the Blue Nile's rainy season, which has already begun and lasts until September.
Given the stage that the construction is at, "engineering-wise, physics-wise there is no way to stop the filling now" until the water level reaches the top of the dam wall, Manchester University's Mohammed Basheer, who has been studying the Gerd for the past decade, told the BBC.
This is because more water is entering the dam site than the volume of water that can physically pass through the two open outlets in the dam wall (60-110 million cubic metres a day).
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Filling the GERD: It's not like a bath with a tap that can be turned on and off ኢትዮጵያ ግድቡን መሙላት ማቆም የማትችልባቸው ምክንያቶች
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Re: Filling the GERD: It's not like a bath with a tap that can be turned on and off ኢትዮጵያ ግድቡን መሙላት ማቆም የማትችልባቸው ምክንያቶች
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