Egypt builds new water station outside Cairo as fears over Ethiopia dam persist
With negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam stalled, the Egyptian government is building a massive water treatment plant in Giza governorate in a bid to address water scarcity.
The Egyptian government is building a large water treatment plant on the outskirts of Cairo to help address the country's drinking water shortage.
In a statement posted Aug. 5, Ahmed Rashid, governor of the Giza governorate where the plant will be located, said the Dahab Island water plant will be fully operational after the completion of trail tests and will have a final production capacity of 160,000 cubic meters per day. During the latest trial tests, the plant was run at a production capacity of 80,000 cubic meters per day, he added.
Rashid said the operation of the plant in further trial phases will enhance water services and address low water pressure and cuts in some areas of Giza that experience high temperatures.
The first phase was completed back in 2019, said May Salah, executive director of the Dahab Island water plant expansion project. The project, supervised by the executive authority for water and sanitation projects in the Ministry of Housing, is expected to be completed and formally inaugurated by July 2022, Salah added.
