Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called for optimised utilisation and management of the country’s existing water resources, including through setting up water treatment and desalination plants and expanding the application of modern irrigation systems and advanced agricultural techniques.
The president’s remarks came during his meeting on Monday with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and a group of cabinet ministers and state officials, Presidency Spokesman Ambassador Bassam Radi said, adding that the meeting was called to review the status of the implementation and distribution of central seawater desalination plants of large production capacities nationwide.
These projects are being implemented within the framework of the country’s strategic plan for the provision of the clean water required to match the growing pace of development and urban expansion, especially in the coastal areas and in the governorates overlooking the Mediterranean and the Red Sea as well as in the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba, Spokesman Radi said.
Following a review of the progress of action to implement these projects, President Sisi gave directives for ensuring integration between studies on water desalination projects and the system that the state is currently pursuing towards the use and management of available water resources.
This system, the president noted, aims at achieving maximum possible utilisation of water resources by means of water treatment plants, expanding the application of modern irrigation and advanced agricultural techniques and rationalised management of water.
This comes as part of the strategic plan for the period until 2050 and is being carried out in coordination between all state bodies concerned and in partnership with global expertise. The plan aims to make available the clean water needed to keep abreast with the pace of development and the increasing urban expansion.
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