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Kuwait to lend Egypt more than $18 million to build two desalination plants

Egyptian farmer Mohamed Omar (L), 65, and other farmers supply their farmland with water from a canal, fed by the Nile river, in the village of Baharmis on the outskirts of Egypt's Giza province, northwest of the capital Cairo, on December 1, 2019. - Egypt has for years been suffering from a severe water crisis that is largely blamed on population growth. Mounting anxiety has gripped the already-strained farmers as the completion of Ethiopia's gigantic dam on the Blue Nile, a key tributary of the Nile, draws nearer. Egypt views the hydro-electric barrage as an existential threat that could severely reduce its water supply. But Ethiopia insists that Egypt's water share will not be affected. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
    • The projects are expected to augment the fresh-water capacity of Egypt, which is heavily dependent on the Nile for water

    • From a burgeoning population to inefficient irrigation to pollution in the Nile, several problems cast a shadow over Egypt’s water situation

    Egypt will get a loan of KD5.5 million ($18.27 million) Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to build two desalination plants, said local reports on Tuesday, July 27.

    The two plants will be built in the new cities of Rafah and Bir al Abed in North Sinai, said the reports.

    The loan agreement has been approved by Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the reports went on to add.

    The projects are expected to greatly augment the fresh-water capacity of Egypt, a country that is heavily dependent on the Nile for water.

    With the desalination plants, the country can now look to provide its burgeoning population, which reports say has grown 41% since the early 1990s, get access to potable water.

    Egypt already suffers from a water crisis that is exacerbated by inefficient agricultural processes like flood-irrigation.

    Even otherwise, Nile water supplied to farms through canals from the Aswan dam for irrigation see losses of as much as 3 billion cubic meters per year through evaporation, say experts.

    The dumping of municipal waste, wastewater, and effluents in the Nile over the years has only made matters worse.