How Egypt Is Building A Massive Artificial River Inside The Sahara To Feed Their Desert Nation

How is Egypt building a massive artificial river inside the Sahara? This is the engineering story of the New Delta Project, Egypt's plan to turn over 2 million acres of desert into farmland. With more than 100 million people and 95% of the country covered by desert, Egypt can no longer rely on the Nile alone. So it's taking polluted agricultural drainage water, cleaning it at the world's largest water treatment plant, and pumping it uphill through a 170 km artificial river into the Western Desert. In this video: Where the water comes from, and why the Nile can't supply it El Hammam: the Guinness World Record treatment plant cleaning 7.5 million m³ of water a day Cutting a 170 km channel through dunes and limestone Lining the canal so not a drop is lost to the sand Giant pressurized pipelines beneath the desert 12 pumping stations forcing water uphill Turning sterile sand into farmland with center-pivot irrigation What the New Delta means for Egypt's food security 🔔 Subscribe for more of the world's biggest builds, explained:    / @steelandstars   Some visuals are created with 3D and AI tools for illustration. #Egypt #Megaprojects #Engineering