Egypt’s Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouli reviewed recently the ongoing establishment of 19 desalination plants in Egypt for the Red and Mediterranean Seas’ waters, noting that six of them will be in service by the end of 2018. In to his statements to local media outlets, Madbouli affirmed that the six desalination plants are within the National Water Plan, which also includes wastewater treatment plants. He added that these six plants are expected scheduled to produce approximately 1.6 million cubic meters of water each day. “These daily 1.6 million cubic meters will contribute to meet the demands of increasing population, support development projects and new residential cities, especially in coastal governorates,” explained Madbouli. Wazeir added that the Egyptian government has built numerous seawater desalination plants in the coastal governorate Marsa Matrouh, with the capacity to purify up to 100,000 cubic meters of seawater daily.

Source: Egypt Independent April 04, 2018 13:30 UTC