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The Egyptian government will soon tender a $500 million USD sewage treatment plant in western Giza on a public-private partnership basis, according to Water and Sanitation Minister Abdel Qawi Khalifa.
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Ethiopia will not monopolize the water behind the Grand Renaissance Dam (formerly known as the Millennium Dam), according to the country’s Minister of Energy, Alemayehu Tegenu. Ethiopia’s downstream neighbors have expressed concerns about the effects of the dam, with Egypt and Sudan fearing their share of Nile water will be reduced.
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki is going full-tilt to carry out strategic infrastructure projects in the areas of roads, water, sanitation and housing as his term ends in March 2013. Kibaki has criss-crossed the country in recent months to launch new infrastructure projects that will have significant impact on livelihoods.
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The Nile River Basin has the potential to supply enough freshwater to “provide a vibrant agricultural sector” in all 11 basin states, if “effective and inclusive water management practices” are put into place, according to a new publication launched in Addis Ababa on November 5 by the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF).
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Libya is looking to increase its energy production to meet desalination needs, Electricity Minister Awad Ibrahim said on October 26. “We aim at triggering a breakthrough in desalination projects,” he said.
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12 Oct 2012- 09:14 by Local Press Report CAIRO Egypt State Information Service No decisions have been made to raise the prices of drinking water, said State Minister of Public Utilities Abdel-Kawi Khalifa. Speaking at a press conference held following his meeting with Prime Minister Hisham Qandil
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Watersolutions AG has launched a new desalination system that it says will offer greater cost efficiency in desalination.
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Egypt’s Suez governorate this week revealed plans to build a new $150 million USD desalination plant. The 60,000 cubic meter per day capacity plant will be financed and implemented by Saudi and Bahraini investors, according to governorate officials.
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Saudi Arabia will lend Egypt $80 million USD to fund irrigation projects nationwide through the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), according to officials at the Egyptian Irrigation Ministry.
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24 Sep 2012- 08:51 by Local Press Report ISLAMABAD The International News The per capita water availability is dwindling with every passing day, putting the food security at risk, according to a Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) report on Saturday. The per capita water availability in
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The Egyptian General Prosecutor last week officially charged six staff members from the Sansaft Water Treatment Plant in Menoufiya governorate with causing the water pollution that sickened thousands of local residents last month.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on September 18 announced approval for its first investments in “emerging Arab democracies” as a “response” to the “political and economic change” taking place in North Africa and the Middle East. Meantime, some members of the US Republican party have challenged regional aid programs because of violent anti-American protests in parts of the region.
