بعد توقيع إتفاقية التسهيلات الائتمانية لتوسعات ورفع كفاءة محطة الصرف الصحي بحلوان: نائب وزير الإسكان للبنية الأساسية يناقش مع بعثة الوكالة الفرنسية للتنمية (AFD) موقف المشروعات المشتركة وأوجه التعاون المستقبلي ” إسماعيل”: المشروعات التي تم وجارٍ تنفيذها في قطاع مياه الشرب والصرف الصحي تهدف إلى . More After signing the credit facilities agreement for the expansion and efficiency of the sewage station in Helwan: Deputy Minister of Housing for Infrastructure discusses with the delegation of the French Agency for Development (AFD) the position of shared projects and the future directions of cooperation Ismail: The projects that have been completed in the drinking water and sewage sector aim to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of sewage facilities and reduce pollution. Contributing to effective and sustainable management of water resources in Egypt Representatives of the French Development Agency show their readiness to engage with the private sector in water and sanitation projects within the framework of a state-owned document Dr. Sayed Ismail, Deputy Minister of Housing, Facilities and Civil Societies for Infrastructure Affairs, met with representatives of the French Agency for Development (AFD), to discuss the position of joint projects funded by the French Agency for development and future cooperation, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Housing in the new administrative capital. During the meeting, Dr. Seyyed Ismail, affirmed that the projects recently being implemented in the drinking water and sanitation sector are aimed at enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of sanitation facilities, reducing pollution, as well as contributing to effective and sustainable water management in Egypt. Deputy Minister of Housing for Infrastructure Affairs confirmed that the signing of the Integrated Sewerage Project Agreement between the Ministry of Housing and the French Development Agency, aims to increase the current absorption power and design capacity of the Abu Saad sewage treatment plant, its current capacity is 550 thousand m3/day, and serves about 1.6 million breezes serving Maadi – Tarra – Helwan, Masara and parts of May 15, Tabayn and some Saf villages and residential areas surrounding the highway in southern Cairo, were expanded by an addition of 250 thousand m3/day, becoming a total power 800 thousand m3/day as a first phase until 2037, to serve 2.2 million breezes. The Deputy Housing Minister for Infrastructure reviewed some other joint projects with the French Development Agency, including the fume treatment project from an eastern sewage plant in Alexandria completed last year, which aims to maximize the use of the resulting fume, improve the environmental situation by reducing pollution and reducing The plant’s odors, by reducing 30% of the volume of the produced fumes, over-use drying the fumes include generating up to 50% of the energy needed to run the station. Dr. Sayed Ismail, with the representatives of the French Development Agency, discussed the position of the expansion project at the Yellow Mountain Treatment Plant with a million m3/ day, to reach 3.5 million m3/ day , which is a model project to manage the sewage reservoir for biogas generation, and contributes to reducing the power consumption of the plant by 80% , and the station is The second largest sewage treatment plant in the world with its current capacity, as well as the Improvement of Drinking Water and Sewer Services Project (Phase Two) in some Upper Egypt governorates, which aims to improve drinking water and sewage services by rehabilitating and implementing expansions in drinking water plants and extending descent networks and sewage treatment plants In 4 governorates (Assiut – Minya – Sohag – Qena), and the preparation of the feasibility study of the sewage treatment plant in East Alexandria at a rate of 250 thousand m3/day. Dr. Sayed Ismail also discussed the areas of future cooperation between the drinking water and sanitation sector of the Ministry of Housing, and the French Development Agency, within the framework of the National Strategy for the Drinking Water and Sewage Sector, to transform into a sustainable development model in line with the Egyptian state’s vision to improve all services, and improve the competence of service providers and maintain On the environment, and addressing climate change. Dr. Sayed Ismail, explained that the drinking water and sanitation sector in the ministry has previously participated the private sector in the implementation and operation of the New Cairo sewage treatment plant at a capacity of 250 thousand m3/day in 2010 for 20 years, and the operation and maintenance of the first and second stages were established with a total of 2.5 million m3/day per station Yellow Mountain sewage treatment, for private sector companies, is currently the second largest sewage treatment plant globally. In the same context, representatives of the French Agency for Development expressed their readiness to engage with the private sector based on the Egyptian state ownership document released in December 2022, which included that the desalination projects, and the management of measles are projects planned to be completely out of the state within 5 years.Translated from Arabic