Irrigation minister: State exerts big efforts to face limited water resources

Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam asserted that the State was exerting strenuous efforts to face challenges resulting from the limited water resources as well as the negative impact of climate change by implementing several major projects in the agriculture sector.

The minister’s remarks were made during his meeting with a number of ministry officials to follow up on the executive status of projects to re-use agriculture waste water in the areas of Bahr El Baqar, El Hamam and Al Mahsama.

The Bahr al-Baqar waste water treatment plant located in northwest Egypt is one of the largest in the world, with a treatment capacity of 5 millions m3/d and the largest in Africa.