Water and Wastewater Sector in Egypt

Presented by
Engineer: Mohamed El Alfy
Assistant Minister
Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development
Executive Director Egypt Water Regulatory Agency
Egypt
 Table of Contents

• Water and Wastewater Service Coverage

• Capital Investments historical and projection
• Key Sector Institutions
• Sector Challenges
• Sector Policy Objectives
• Sector Policies
• Next Steps
Water Service Coverage in Egypt
Wastewater Service Coverage in Egypt
Water and Wastewater Capital Investments
Water and Wastewater Capital Investments
 Key Sector Institutions

Egyptian Water and Holding Company National Organization

Wastewater for Water and for Potable Water and
Regulatory Agency Wastewater Sanitary Drainage
(EWRA) (HCWW) (NOPWASD)
 Sector Policy

Challenges facing the Sector

– Water Scarcity
– Technical challenges :
• NRW – Replacements and Rehabilitations – Water Quality
– Institutional challenges:
• Modern Management
– Financial challenges:
• Low Tariff

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 Sector Policy

Sector Policy Objectives

– Improve Service Provision

– Best utilization of Egypt water resources and reuse of

treated wastewater effluent

– Institutional Framework Development

– Sector financial viability

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 Sector Policy

Service Provision

– Provide service to all Egyptians according to the

standards

– Develop the regulatory framework of water quality

monitoring

– Public awareness and water conservation

– Certification of sector personal

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 Sector Policy

Water Resources Utilization

– Expanding the Use of desalination

– Treated Wastewater effluent Reuse

– Water conservation & Public Awareness

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 Sector Policy

Institutional Framework Development

Water Law

– Development of the legislative framework

– Clearly define roles of sector institutions

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 Sector Policy

Sector financial Viability

– Sector Capital Investment & Master Plan

– Public Private Partnership (PPP)

– Financing and Funding Policy

– Tariff Reform

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 Sector Strategies

Development strategies
– Setting Sector Strategies with timeline for
implementation
• Level of service
• Quality and efficiency
• Water conservation
• Certification
• New legislation
• Dispute resolution
• Effective Investment Prioritization
• Financing
• Tariff reform
• PPP Public Private Partnership

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 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

New Cairo Wastewater Treatment Plant

Finance, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain a
Wastewater Treatment Plant with capacity of 250,000
m³/day in New Cairo
The project won the “Water Deal of the Year” Award

Contract Signing
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

The project was awarded to an Egyptian – Spanish consortium

the joint venture of ORASCOM and AQUALIA
Contract was signed in June 2009 for 20 years
The project is now under implementation.
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

6th of October Wastewater Treatment Plant

Finance, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain a
Wastewater Treatment Plant with capacity of 150,000
m³/day in 6th of October
11 companies have been short listed for the project.
Bid documents have been distributed to Shortlisted Bidders
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Abu Rawash Wastewater Treatment Plant

Finance, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain.
Upgrade the level of treatment from primary treatment to
secondary treatment in Giza Governorate for a
wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 1,2 million
m³/day
8 firms submitted for the prequalification on January 2011
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Alexandria West Wastewater Treatment Plant

Finance, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain.
Upgrade the current capacity of Wastewater
Treatment Plant from 480,000 m³/day to 680,000
m³/day and upgrade the level of treatment from
primary treatment to secondary treatment for the
total capacity
Technical studies are underway
Projected for call for Prequalification 2nd quarter 2011
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Small Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants

Ongoing studies are made to select number of Small
Scale Wastewater treatment plants projects in
different governorates to be implemented under PPP
program
Technical Studies are underway
Projected for call for Prequalification 2nd Quarter 2011
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Helwan Wastewater Treatment Plant

Finance, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain.
500,000 m³/day WWTP with a secondary Treatment
Technical Studies Phase
Projected for call for Prequalification 3rd Quarter 2011
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Giza Wastewater Treatment Plant

Finance, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain.
400,000 m³/day WWTP with a secondary Treatment
Technical Studies Phase
Projected for call for prequalification 4th quarter 2011
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Rod El Farag Road

Finance, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain.
Rod El Farag Road (35 Km)
short list completed 0ctober 2010
Bid documents have been distributed to Shortlisted Bidders
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Light Rail Projects

6th of October City 10th of Ramadan City

Finance, Design and Construct an intra city light rail

system for each city
Technical Studies are underway
 Public Private Partnership in infrastructure projects

Ring Roads Projects

6th of October City 10th of Ramadan City

Finance, Design and Construct a Ring Road for each city

Technical Studies are underway
Thank You