Preface -- Introduction -- The Nile River and Transboundary Water Rights -- Land Tenure and Water Rights in the Blue Nile Basin -- Hydrology of the Blue Nile Basin Overview -- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Site -- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Design and Reservoir Filling -- Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Operation and Upstream and Downstream Water Demand -- Reactions and Responses on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Construction.This book is about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam newly being built on the Blue Nile, a transboundary river. Due to rising population and increasing water demand in the Nile basin, major projects raise interest and concern by millions with potential for water conflict. The dam design, reservoir filling policy, operation of the dam, riparian countries response, dam site importance and social impact and economy of the dam are presented in the book.