The Nile treaty, signed by the colonialists in 1929 gives Egypt a lion share of the waters of river nile. signatories to this treaty include Uganda, ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan. Since southern sudan..if created...is not a signatory, will it be afffected by the treaty? Can it consume as much water from the Nile(constructing numerous dams) without Egypt being fussy?

er...white water rafting? canoeing? water skiing perhaps? Angling?

@Marex,
A new treaty on equitable and sustainable use of Nile water was penned down and signed by E&C countries in early/mid may last year.TZ,UG,KE,RW and DRC signed but there has been resistance from Sudan and Egypt>Burundi's stand i am not sure but the two rogue states were give upto June this years to make up their mind.However,this has not stopped countries like TZ from using water from L.Victoria for irrigation.