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Egypt to Implement Projects Worth EGP 900 Bln to Meet Water Needs


Wed 09 Oct 2019 | 10:56 PM
Taarek Refaat

Prime minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Wednesday that the Egyptian government, commissioned by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, has begun implementing several projects to develop a strategic water vision until 2037 at the cost of EGP 900 billion.

Madbouly said in a speech to the House of Representatives that the plan was operated by experts from the most select talents in the country to manage water resources taking into account the population increase and the needs of the country's water needs.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the cost of this plan amounted to EGP 900 billion, and includes the transition to modern irrigation in agriculture, rationalization of canals and drains, as well as the treatment of wastewater, the expansion of seawater and groundwater desalination plants.

"In less than three years, EGP 110 billion worth of projects have been implemented across the country," Madbouly added.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the costs of this plan were shouldered on the Egyptian state to assure Nile Basin countries the country's good intentions.

[caption id="attachment_84027" align="aligncenter" width="800"]Egypt To Implement Huge Projects to Meet Water Needs Water desalination plant in Egypt[/caption]

"We are ready to bear the expenses of new water desalination plants in order to give other African countries the opportunity of implementing projects, which contribute to their development," the premier pointed out.

"In less than two years, Egypt's EGP 160 billion desalination plants will be completed to meet water needs, taking into account population growth," Madbouly said.

He pointed to the Ministry of Housing started to establish and raise the efficiency of all sewage treatment plants into bilateral and triple treatment at a cost of EGP 30 billion, and is scheduled to be completed before the end of the current fiscal year, developing about 60 stations, mostly in Upper Egypt.

"The Egyptian state started to implement a huge number of desalination plants, which produced about 80 thousand cubic meters three years ago and now produces 800 thousand cubic meters a day, in addition to water treatment projects of the Bahr al-Baqar, one of the largest projects in the world, which produces about 5.5 million cubic meters of agricultural wastewater, as well as Al-Mahsama desalination plant, which produces one million cubic meters per day," Madbouly added.