Egypt has unveiled a 5-year plan to construct 47 seawater desalination plants with a combined capacity of 2.44 million cubic metres per day at a total cost of US $2.83 billion. The five-year plan, between 2020 and 2025, is aimed at expanding seawater desalination plants across the country as part of a plan for water conservation and the North African government’s policy of promoting the exploitation of unconventional water resources. The fourth and final phase of the project will provide a drinking water production capacity of 100,000 cubic meters per day via two desalination plants. Egypt has failed to reach an agreement on how to regulate the flow of the Nile waters from the reservoir. The implementation of Egypt’s 47 seawater desalination project will be overseen by the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW), the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) and the General Organization for Physical Planning.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 19, 2020 14:46 UTC