Egypt: EU launches project to support Water Sector Reform Programme
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
Contact information |
Delegation of the European Union to Egypt, Nile City Towers, North Tower, 2005 C Corniche El Nil, 10th Floor Ramlet Boulaq, Cairo – Egypt
(email: delegation-egypt@eeas.europa.eu) Phone: (+20 2) 2461 9860 Fax: (+20 2) 2461 9884 |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/egypt/press_corner/all_news/news/2015/20150603_1_en.pdf |
Source of information | ENPI Info Centre |
Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/country769281 |
Geographical coverage | Egypt |
News date | 09/06/2015 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |