Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, Eng. Sherif El-Sherbiny, announced that over the past decade, under President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s leadership, ten major drinking water projects have been completed in Gharbia Governorate. These projects include the construction and expansion of water treatment plants and networks, providing a daily capacity of 300,000 cubic meters. Additionally, 343 sanitation projects have been executed in the governorate, some of which are part of the first phase of the presidential initiative “Decent Life” aimed at developing rural Egypt.
The total cost of these water and sanitation projects amounts to approximately EGP 7.3 billion.
El-Sherbiny also highlighted ongoing efforts to improve water services and increase pressure in the governorate with five ongoing drinking water projects. These include the expansion of networks in various areas such as Qutour, Samanoud, Basyoun, and El-Mahalla El-Kubra. Concurrently, four urban sanitation projects are underway, including the completion of sewage systems in El-Mahalla El-Kubra and Kafr El-Zayat, as well as the construction of wastewater treatment plants in Shubraqas and Qaloula.
Major General Ehab Khedr, Head of the National Authority for Drinking Water and Sanitation, noted that 205 rural areas in Gharbia are already benefiting from sanitation services, covering 63.5% of rural regions and serving 2.9 million residents. Additionally, 86 rural areas, representing 26.8% of the region, are currently being connected to sanitation services. These efforts, which involve both the National Authority for Water and Sanitation and the Gharbia Water and Sanitation Company, are part of the broader “Decent Life” initiative.