Drinking water projects worth LE 501m. in Sinai, New Valley

An official said this year will see an end to a project to implement drinking water projects in Sinai and the New Valley at a capacity of 190,000 cubic meters daily at investments up to LE 501 million.

Egypt's Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Mohamed Ibrahim Soliman said this would help propel construction projects, create areas of attraction and jobs for inhabitants in those areas away from the narrow Delta and Nile Valley.

The projects include a water station in the Sinai villages at a capacity of 69,000 cubic meters daily costing LE 250 million, in addition to drinking water filtering station on the Suez Canal with a capacity of 100,000 cubic meters daily worth LE 60 million, he said.

The projects also include the digging of 50 water wells in northern Sinai at a cost of LE 12 million, eight wells in the New Valley worth LE 11 million and 10 stations to purify well water in the New Valley at a cost of LE 13 million, he added.