Egypt awards contract for Maghagha wastewater treatment plant project

The government of Egypt has awarded Hassan Allam Construction contract to construct Maghagha wastewater treatment plant project on the left bank of the Nile.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development who awarded the contract said the subsidiary of the Egyptian group Hassan Allam Holding have been tasked the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the plant.

The water project is part of the Egyptian government’s strategy to improve sanitation services in rural areas where the connection rate is still low. The aim of the project is to improve the collection and treatment of effluent that contaminates water resources in the governorate of Minya.

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Rate of access to sanitation

Maghagha wastewater treatment plant project will have a capacity of 30,000 m3 per day, expandable to 60,000 m3 per day. The wastewater treated by the plant will be collected through sewerage networks in five villages around the town of Maghagha. The Egyptian government is implementing this project as part of its strategy to provide rural areas with the necessary infrastructure to improve access to sanitation.

The rate of access to sanitation in rural areas is 66% in Egypt. This level was reached less than a year ago thanks to an Egyptian government initiative that connected 85,000 rural households to sanitation networks in several governorates, including Minya where the future wastewater treatment plant will be built. In addition to Minya, the project has benefited 106 villages in the governorates of Giza, Qalyoubeya, Alexandria, Luxor, Qena, Beni Suef, Menoufeya, Fayoum, Sohag, Damietta, Beheira, Cairo, Suez, Ismailiyah, Kafr al-Sheikh, Sharqeya and Asyut.

In order to facilitate the connection of these low-income households, the Egyptian government has lowered its tariffs. The authorities allow families newly connected to the sewerage system to pay the subscription fee in instalments of US$2.5. The implementation of this project in 18 governorates required an investment of US $19.4M.