Egypt: EU launches project to support Water Sector Reform Programme

To help Egypt improve the functioning of its water sector, the EU is funding a technical assistance project to the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) for technical studies and strategy development, as part of the Water Sector Reform Programme – Phase II (WSRP-Phase II). 

The €2.4 million project, launched officially last week in Cairo, will significantly contribute to all three objectives of the WSRP-Phase II: a more robust and coherent institutional framework with clearly defined water policy and strategy, and with better performing water service providers; better use of existing water resources by improving the operational efficiency of affiliated companies; reducing water losses and reusing treated wastewater as well as protecting public health and the environment. 

Specifically, the project aims to:

•Provide HCWW with a Strategic plan for Technical Losses Reduction.
•Improve the management of Reverse Osmosis Plants Brine Disposal and the adoption of suitable regulation on this matter.
•Update the National Rural Sanitation Strategy