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Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Egypt)

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Jurisdiction
  
Egypt

Website
  
Official website

Headquarters
  
Imbaba, Giza

Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Egypt)

Agency executive
  
Mohamed Abdel-Ati, Minister

The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation is the ministry in charge of managing the water resources of the Arab Republic of Egypt mainly the Nile. It also manages irrigation projects in Egypt, such as the Aswan Dam and Al-Salam Canal. Its headquarters are in Cairo.

Contents

On 23 March 2016, Mohamed Abdel-Ati was appointed Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation.

Ministers

  • Hossam Moghazy - from June, 2014
  • Mohamed Abdel-Ati - from March, 2016

    • Legislative acts

  • Decree No. 108/1995 defines the standard and specification for clean drinking water
  • Decree No. 338/1995, forbids drainage into the Nile river
  • Decree No. 08/1983, protects potable and nonpotable waters
  • Decree No. 649/1962, dictates the standards for liquid discharges into the river and public drainage

    • Water scarcity

    In 2014, the ministry wrote a paper titled "Water Scarcity in Egypt: The Urgent Need for Regional Cooperation among the Nile Basin Countries". In it, the ministry describes why the country doesn't have the water to meet the needs of its people.

    Projects

    The Improved Water and Sanitation Services Project (IWSP) has been ongoing, from 2008 and concludes in 2019, with aid received from France, and implemented by the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development. This project addresses needs in Beheira, Sharqia, Gharbia, and Damietta governorates.

    References

    Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (Egypt) Wikipedia
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