Egypt’s Bahr El-Baqar Wastewater Treatment project wins Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award – Egypt Today

Egypt’s Bahr El-Baqar Wastewater Treatment project wins Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award – Egypt Today

Bahr El-Baqar wastewater treatment system project



CAIRO - 22 May 2024: Egypt’s Bahr El-Baqar wastewater treatment system project won the Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad Development Award for the Best Development Project in the Arab World.

The award is presented by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), for the best development project in the Arab world, becoming the second Egyptian project to win that award after the South Helwan Electricity Generating Station won that award in last year’s editions. 

 

It is presented to the best economic and social development project in the Arab countries, partially or completely funded by the institutions of the Coordination Group, with priority given to joint projects between Arab countries, with the aim of highlighting successful development projects that have led to solving existing problems, or have contributed to strengthening economic and social capabilities in the country; showing inspiration creativity, good management and efficiency in project completion, and maximized benefits expected from it.

 

The Bahr El-Baqar Wastewater Treatment Plant project is one of the largest stations of its kind in the world, implemented in eastern Port Said, and is financed by the Kuwait Fund at a value of $182 million, according to the Ministry of International Cooperation.

 

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