EGYPT: Government to invest $2.8 billion for 47 desalination plants in 5 years

Desalination occupies an important place in Egypt’s drinking water supply strategy. 

The government of this North African country wants to implement an ambitious plan to build 47 seawater desalination plants in the governorates of North and South Sinai, Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, Dakahlia, Kafr E-Sheikh, Beheira Matrouh, and the Red Sea.

Implementation of the plan will be monitored by the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW), the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) and the General Organization for Physical Planning. The programme will require an investment of 45.18 billion Egyptian pounds, or $2.8 billion. The objective is to produce 2.44 million m³ per day by 2025.