"Ministers information": Developing water resources and improving water quality in surface

& nbsp; The Information and Decision Support Support Center affirmed that despite the risks and challenges facing Egyptian water resources, there are many opportunities that the state is currently working on investing and achieving the maximum benefit. It is one of those opportunities, diversification of unconventional water, indicating that there are underlying opportunities in multiple ways to produce fresh water from unconventional methods, to generally use in agriculture through specialized operations, and this includes a low salinity or sea water desalination and non -renewable groundwater, and treatment of agricultural and healthy wastewater. & quot; fossil & quot; It is known in the world and it is the groundwater layers of the Nubian sandstone that extends over an area of ​​more than two kilometers through & quot; Sudan, Chad, Libya and Egypt & quot; and in the southwestern part of Egypt, the East Owaines Development project is used The total public investments implemented in the water and sanitation sectors 86.6 billion pounds during the year 2022/2023 compared to 13.5 billion pounds in 20142/2015, indicating the interest that the state has given to the development and rehabilitation of the infrastructure for the water and sanitation sector, and the total cost of the implemented projects reached 261 billion pounds during the period (2014-2023) in the water resources and irrigation sector by 2353 projects both at the national level or Regional or international, and the water and sanitation sector also acquired the major share of the total target investment for the urban development sector in the financial year plan 2023/2024 by 43.8% (119.3 billion pounds). In the field of financing and technical and technical support for water resources projects, which represented an opportunity that the Egyptian state sought to invest in it, as Egypt succeeded in cooperation with many international partners in mobilizing international interest in water issues and highlighting the relationship of water and climate during the climate conference activities & quot; Cop27 & quot; In November 2022, by placing the water file for the first time at the top of the global climate agenda by launching the & quot; work to adapt to the water sector and the ability to withstand the resilience (AWARE) & quot, which is concerned with water and climate challenges at the global level with a focus on developing countries. Agreements in the field of sustainable management of water resources, housing and sanitation amounted to $ 1.7 billion, and the Holding Company continues to drink and sewage continuously with many international institutions and donors to provide the necessary funding such as the International Bank and the European Investment Bank to implement important projects and attract new investments to develop the drinking water and sanitation sector, in addition to providing institutional support through the signing of agreements and international programs with many of Donors. River, rain prediction centers, climate changes, and laboratories for water quality analysis, as well as the rehabilitation of levels measuring levels and behaviors on waterways and tributaries, as well as technical support through training and building the capabilities of technical and professional cadres in the field of water resources management and assisting in preparing national water plans, planning integrated water resources, training and building African capabilities.

for example, Egypt launched Egypt & Quot; Create a clean water well for the deprived areas of Uganda & quot; Where the initiative managed to dig 20 underground wells with Ugandan self -efforts, and Egypt also sought, during its presidency of the African Water Ministers (Amsu) to unify visions and coordinate with all African countries to come out with a unified African vision for water after 2025 and achieve the maximum level of sustainable development and achieve the African Union’s agenda 2063.

the center explained that more than 3 billion A person around the world depends on water that crosses the national borders, however only 24 countries have cooperation agreements for all their common water, adding that with the increasing effects of climate change and population growth there has become an urgent need within the countries and between them to unite on protecting its resources, as well as public health, prosperity, food systems, energy, economic productivity and environmental safety on a well -working bathroom and run fairly. Improving water resource management plays a fundamental role in preserving vibrant societies and economies that are able to withstand, and the importance of this increases with climate change, pollution and increased water demand, adding that the integrated water resources management achieves three principles, namely social justice, economic efficiency and environmental sustainability. The increasing rise in population and water requirements for economic development projects, where water is a strategic component and an essential entry within the projects that witness an exceptional surgery, such as building, construction, agricultural and industrial projects, as well as energy and infrastructure projects. Drying is subject to the effects of water climate change on more than one level, and the high cost of water infrastructure investments, as meeting the global financing needs of water is a major challenge, and estimates indicate that the world’s water infrastructure requires huge amounts that may reach 6.7 trillion US dollars by 2030, and 22.6 trillion US dollars by a general solution 2050. To mobilize the various financing mechanisms and mixed financing that stimulate the participation of the private sector to implement these projects, and in general the development portfolio of the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation in this sector includes 43 projects worth $ 4.9 billion, equivalent to 19.6% of the total current portfolio of current development financing, and during the period from 2020 to 2023, the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation concluded many Conventions in the field of sustainable management of water resources, housing and sanitation amounted to $ 1.7 billion. The comprehensive national strategy for climate changes for the year 2050, based on the three climate axes (mitigation, adaptation, and enhancing flexibility and resilience to deal with losses and damages resulting from climate change). Its executive regulations have all the legal provisions and decisions related to water resources that were dealing with water separately and thus a large degree of coordination was achieved with the aim of maximizing the benefit from the limited water resources. The decision when preparing special detailed plans to achieve the sustainable management of water resources and aims to achieve water security through four basic axes, to improve the quality of water by facing water resources pollution. And the development of water resources, whether traditional or non-traditional, as well as rationalizing water uses and maximizing water return in the sectors of it, which includes agriculture, industry and drinking water, and creating a favorable environment for sustainable development and integrated water resources management. Placing the road map to implement the axes of the water resources strategy, which were extended until 2050 in line with the Vision of the State 2030, and the axes and targets of the plan were developed to include the dimensions of unconventional water, especially the re -use of water and desalination to include current and future projects, as well River basins & quot; ribasim & quot; To distribute water in Egypt, the Egyptian agricultural sector model & quot; sme & quot; Water Accounting System & quot; Water Accounting & quot;. And between the axes of water management, in recent years the state has made concerted efforts to enhance the sustainability and preservation of water. The report reviewing the most prominent efforts made to improve the management of Egyptian water resources, first: the development of water resources. One of the most prominent efforts in this regard is to protect the Nile water. Several projects were implemented within the framework of preserving the Nile River and protecting its aspects of slaughter and leakage. In Ismailia, as well as the harvesting of rain water and torrents, dams, barriers, industrial channels, lakes, ground tanks and ponds were established, 268 industrial actions were carried out during the period 2014-2023 in the governorates Projects in this field are special attention, and examples of these projects include & quot; developing the irrigation and sanitation system in the Siwa Oasis & quot; At a cost of 3 billion pounds). Covered in the reins of 528 thousand acres, expanding and deepening open and public banks, replacing and renewing some industrial facilities in the upcoming 110,000 acres to raise the efficiency of the public banks network. As well as the rehabilitation and lining of the canals: Within the framework of this program, the canals are qualified in the centers of the first stage of the & quot; a decent life & quot; With a total length of about 4 thousand kilometers, the lengths of the canals, which have been completed, were completed about 3230 km until the first of May 2024.

and showed improving the efficiency of irrigation water use, the high water revenue achieved from the drip irrigation system, which is about 2.5 kg per cubic meter compared to irrigation with immersion, which is 1.7 kg per cubic meter in 2022, along with the spread of a culture of rationalization Water and its preservation. In sewers and the quality of industrial wastewater for establishments, and in contact with that witnessed the field of drinking water and sanitation purification is a boom to maximize the benefit from all available water resources, as the total amount of pure water produced for the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sewerage, the Suez Canal Authority and the Urban Communities Authority reached about 11.3 billion cubic meters in 2022/2023, due to the boom in the projects of the purification plants at the level of the republic, where increased, where increased 16 new stations within two years, to reach 2792 purification plants in (2022/2023) compared to 2776 stations in (2020/2021)

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