Whether or not people, farmers etc are charged for extracting water would need access to local authority records to ascertain.
The Egyptian irrigation ditches brought water from the River Nile to water food crops growing along the Nile Valley.
Water taken from the River Nile is used to irrigate crops grown along the Nile valley.
An irrigation system allows the watering of food crops along the River Nile.
Without it they could not grow crops.
It provides irrigation.
They used the Nile River for irrigation and transportation.
Farmers on the River Nile benefitted from the river's annual flood. The flood irrigated and fertilized the land along the Nile, making it possible for them to grow and harvest crops.
They dug irrigation canals to carry water from the Nile.
They dug irrigation canals to carry water from the Nile.
They dug irrigation canals to carry water from the Nile.
Transport, irrigation, fishing, Tourism etc
Fishing, transport, irrigation etc.