Last year a deadline of 15 January was set to solve the long-standing impasse but the latest round of talks, last week, ended in deadlock.
When complete, the Grand Renaissance Dam, which Ethiopia is building, will be Africa's biggest hydroelectric power plant.
Its construction began in 2011 on the Blue Nile tributary in the northern Ethiopia highlands, from where 85% of the Nile's waters flow.
However, the mega dam has caused a row between Egypt and Ethiopia, with Sudan caught in between, which some fear could lead to war, and the US is now helping to mediate.
Why is it so contentious?
At the centre of the dispute are plans to fill up the mega dam as Egypt fears the project will allow Ethiopia to control the flow of Africa's longest river.
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0:00 Introduction
0:10 RIVER NILE
1:08 GOD'S GIFT TO EGYPT
1:27 1950'S AGREEMENT
1:50 GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM
1:54 20 MILES FROM THE SUDANESE BORDER
2:00 6,000 MEGAWATT HYDROPOWER FACILITY
2:53 AFRICA'S LARGEST DAM
3:05 20 YEARS
3:22 ASWAN HIGH DAM
3:54 US STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
4:35 74 BILLION CUBIC METERS
5:06 ETHIOPIAN MINISTRY OF WATER & ENERGY
6:27 49 BCM
6:42 13.5 BCM
7:37 250 KILOMETERS
8:37 AFRICA'S LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
10:50 1.74 MILLION
