Eng. Randa El-Menshawy, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, chaired the Ministry’s regular Utilities Committee meeting to review the status of drinking water and sanitation projects in Dakahlia Governorate and New Mansoura City.
The meeting was attended by Eng. Ahmed Omran, Deputy Minister of Housing for Utilities, along with officials from the Ministry, the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), and the relevant affiliated entities responsible for drinking water and sanitation.
Eng. Randa El-Menshawy stressed the importance of regularly monitoring utility systems in Dakahlia Governorate and New Mansoura City. She highlighted that these services are directly linked to citizens’ daily lives.
She also praised the efforts to improve drinking water and sanitation services, enhance operational and maintenance efficiency, and ensure the sustainable delivery of services at the required standards. The meeting reviewed the implementation status of ongoing projects in Dakahlia Governorate under the supervision of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater.
These included projects under the Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Program (SRSSP), funded by the World Bank, which comprises 30 completed and ongoing projects. The meeting also covered eight projects aimed at improving water quality in the Kitchener Drain.
The meeting also reviewed efforts to upgrade the efficiency of the Port Said Pumping Station No. 1 in Mit Ghamr City. These works include supplying two pumping units, each with a capacity of 300 liters per second.
The meeting also examined the construction of a 100-meter discharge pipeline connecting to Pumping Station No. 1. These works fall within the utilities infrastructure projects for the Mit Ghamr Investment Zone, under the company’s supervision.
The meeting further reviewed projects supervised by the National Organization for Potable Water and Sanitary Drainage (NOPWASD) in the governorate. These include the expansion of the Mit Fares Water Treatment Plant, with a capacity of 51,000 cubic meters per day, and the expansion of the Mansoura Wastewater Treatment Plant, with a capacity of 90,000 cubic meters per day.
Other projects cover sanitation services in Mit Ghamr, the Ibn Zaid and Al-Zaafaran areas in Mansoura, and the villages of Al-Arab in Bani Ebeid District and Al-Araban in Manzala District. The meeting also addressed the final handover of the Mansoura Water Treatment Plant expansion project.
The meeting also examined the implementation status of drinking water and sanitation projects underway in New Mansoura City. Key projects include extending the intake pipeline for the seawater desalination plant, with a capacity of 40,000 cubic meters per day; a tertiary wastewater treatment plant, with a capacity of 40,000 cubic meters per day; and the industrial wastewater treatment plant in Gamasa, with a capacity of 15,000 cubic meters per day.
The meeting also followed up on the implementation of part of the utility infrastructure for the city’s second phase. This included the second-phase wastewater pumping station, a 630 mm-diameter discharge pipeline, and the pipe-jacking works for the discharge pipeline.
At the end of the meeting, Eng. Randa El-Menshawy directed officials to adhere to the established project implementation schedules, continuously monitor progress rates, and promptly address any obstacles that could affect the progress of work.