VOL. XLI
No. 42
19-October-1998
EGYPT
Egypt Completes Phase One Of E1.25Bn Wastewater Facility
On 12 October Egyptian President Husni Mubarak inaugurated the firstphase of the extension of the giant sewage treatment project at al-Jabal al-Asfar 20kms.north of Cairo that will purify 1mn cu. ms. (35mn cu.ft.) of water per day, and thusprevent this volume of polluted water from flowing back into the Nile river. It will alsohelp reclaim 50,000 feddans (40,000 hectares) of land. Phase one of the...
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