NRW  situa*on  of  the  urban  Water  U*li*es  in  Egypt

Eng.  Mamdouh  Raslan  

Deputy  Chairman  Marseille    22  January  2013  

Holding  Company  for  Water  and  Wastewater

Water  Resources

Most  of  the  popula-on  is  

concentrated  in  only  5%  of  the  total  

area  of  Egypt  in  the  Delta  and  Nile  

Valley.

Water  Resources  (57.0  BCM/yr)  

•   River  Nile  (55.5  BCM/yr)  

•   Groundwater  (0.5  BCM/yr)  

•   Rainfalls  (1.0  BCM/yr)  

Stakeholders  for  Water  and  Wastewater  Sector

Own,  manage    and  operate  

 through  exis*ng  24  companies  

EWRA Regulatory  Agency  

CAPWO Execu*ve  Agency  of  Water  &  Wastewater  projects  in  Cairo  &  Alexandria    

NOPWASD Execu*ve  Agency  of  Water  &  Wastewater  projects  in  the  Governorates  

HCWW

Ministry of Water

and Wastewater Utilities

Year 2013

Service region 24 governorates

Number of subsidiary companies 24 companies

Water service coverage (millions) 97 %

Wastewater service coverage 50% (90% Urban 10% Rural

Subscriptions 13 million

HCWW  at  a  glance

HCWW  at  a  glance

Year 2013  

Water production (annual average) 22.8 million m3/day

Treated Wastewater (annual average) 10.1 million m3/day

# of water treatment plants 2588 Plants

# of wastewater treatment plants 372 plants

Water distribution networks 144,000 km Wastewater collection networks 38,000 km

NRW  

7.4  million  m3/day  (32%)  

Commercial    

2.6  million  m3/day  (11%)

Meter  Reading   errors

Illegal  connec-ons

Physical  4.8  million  m3/day  (21%)

Network  leakage

NRW  in  Egypt  

HCWW  takes  mix  of  ac-ons  for  leakage  management.  

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt

Old Meters

700,000 Not working

meters

7.9 Million Working Meters

Fixed

3 Million 900,000

New Meters

Subscribers Status

12,5  Million  Subscribers

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Commercial

  2.4  million  domes*c  meters  procured  and  installed    

  Four  companies  qualified  to  produce  water  meters  locally  according  to  HCWW  specifica*ons  

  Establishment  of  system  for  meter  calibra*on    

  Metering  

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Commercial

 NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Tunnels  made  by  the  leaked  water  

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

High  Tech.    Leak  detec*on  equipments  

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Noise  Recorders  to  detect  water  leakage  

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Ground  penetra-ng  radar  which  is  used  to  trace  pipelines  

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Correlators  to  locate  broken  parts  in  pipelines.    

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Establish  teams  from:  •   GIS  •   Meter  readers.  •   O  &  M    to  collect  the  geographic  data  in  every  town/  district  or  area.

NRW  strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Subdivide    areas  into  DMAs  in  every  town/  district  or  area.    

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Training  AC’s  Staff

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

•   Discover  illegal  

connec-ons.    

•   Change  meters.    

•   Replace  faulty  ones  a[er  calibra-on    in  

every  town/  district.

Establishing  a  Specialized  Department  in  all  affiliated  companies  (Loss  Control  Department)  for  planning,  follow-­‐up  and  execu-on  of  all  ac-vi-es  of  this  strategy.    

NRW  Strategy  in  Egypt  –  Physical  

Pilot  Projects

HCWW  implemented  many  pilot  projects  in  ACS  for  leak  detec-on  with  coopera-on  of  interna-onal  donors,  for  example:  

•   IBISS  in  Cairo  and  Alexandria.  •   Aquanight  in  Alexandria.  •   JICA  in  Sharkia.  •   Danida  in  Aswan.  

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26.64

36.97

30.10

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30.24 27.30

39.91 41.32

34.37 36.44

26.71

33.95

28.60

49.27

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NRW  %  average  of  HCWW  subsidiaries  (32  %)

NRW  %  in  Developing  countries    (35%)

NRW  %  in  HCWW  Subsidiaries  (2012)

Water  Balance  Results

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NRW 2008 39.3 41.4 35.9 35 36 41 45 43 47 38 35 49 40 39 35 40 43.9 39.9 40 NRW2010 35 36 31 33 32 35 40 39 37 33 34 39 35 33 31 33 38 33 35 NRW2012 33 32 29 30 29 33 35 34 35 30 30 33 32 31 30 30 35 30 31

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Challenges  facing  HCWW  in  reducing  NRW    

•   Qualified  technical  staff.  

•   High  technology  equipments  for          detec-ng  water  leakage.  

•   Approvals  and  permits  for  excava-on.  

Holding  Company  for  Water  &  Wastewater