Wastewater Operation and Maintenance in Egypt (Specific Challenges and Current Responses)

Authors

  • Mohamed Nazih Abdallah

Keywords:

Water Policy and Challenges, Wastewater Treatment, Operation and Maintenance, Economic Evaluation, Private Sector Participation

Abstract

Sanitation services in Egypt are less developed than water supply services. Egypt had 372 municipal wastewater treatment plants in 2012, treating an average of 10.1 million cubic meters per day. The wastewater and sanitation sector in Egypt are suffering from some problems as lack of public awareness, reliance on manual systems, lack of coordination between different water and wastewater authorities, over staffed unskilled labors, inadequate operation and

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Published

2014-11-30

How to Cite

Abdallah, M. N. (2014). Wastewater Operation and Maintenance in Egypt (Specific Challenges and Current Responses). International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 18(2), 125–142. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/3150

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2014)

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