- The primary issue in the Nile river is the waters quality, quantity, soil loss, urban growth, air pollution and the environmental effect of tourism. Egypt gets almost all of its water from the Nile. The quality of the water is seriously treated by untreated industries and agriculture wastes, sewage, and municipal waste water. The Nile river has lots of functions such as drinking source, nature development , domestic uses e.c.t, but pollution will outcome these specialties, moreover pollution increases about 85M  with 1.64 % every year.Not only there are lots of types and sources of pollutants which is domestic, agriculture & industries .. all of these commit to agro-chemicals, which will destroy the Nile river year by year, and Egypt without the Nile isn't memorable .