The European Union (EU) is supporting Egypt’s National Water Resources Plan, as part of its “Water Sector Reform Programme Phase II (WSRP II)”, with a first workshop held on 14 June in Cairo.
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is now taking the necessary steps to prepare the National Water Resources Plan for the period 2017-2037, in order to reach the most appropriate ways to secure Egypt’s water resources in the future in terms of quantity and quality.
The workshop was attended by a number of governors, representatives of the EU Delegation to Egypt, donors’ representatives interested in water issues and strategic planning as well as a large group of experts and specialists in water resources management.
To help Egypt improve the functioning of its water sector, the EU is funding a technical assistance project to the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) for technical studies and strategy development, as part of the Water Sector Reform Programme – Phase II (WSRP-Phase II).
The €2.4 million project, launched officially last week in Cairo, will significantly contribute to all three objectives of the WSRP-Phase II: a more robust and coherent institutional framework with clearly defined water policy and strategy, and with better performing water service providers; better use of existing water resources by improving the operational efficiency of affiliated companies; reducing water losses and reusing treated wastewater as well as protecting public health and the environment.
Specifically, the project aims to:
- Provide HCWW with a Strategic plan for Technical Losses Reduction.
- Improve the management of Reverse Osmosis Plants Brine Disposal and the adoption of suitable regulation on this matter.
- Update the National Rural Sanitation Strategy.
