The Netherlands aids in Egyptian water resources development

The Dutch government has donated 4.2 million euro to Egypt for the carrying out of the second stage of a national plan for water resources which will last until 2017 and will cost 19.52 billion euro.

Egypt's Irrigation Minister, Mahmoud Abu Zeid, said an irrigation project has been approved for 1,100 hectares in the western part of the Nile delta with the contribution of the private sector. The area was damaged after the exhaustion of underground water resources and the worsening of water quality. Under the same project the villages in the area will be provided with a sewer system. Only 4% of Egyptian villages have a sewer system.