Nile Delta Water Management in Egypt - Consultancy services in water supply and wastewater management

Project details
Country: 
Egypt
Beneficiary: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Donor organisation: 
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Department: 
Water
Project volume: 
1,052,090 €
Currency: 
€
Value of services: 
1,052,090 €
Start of project: 
August, 2022
End of project: 
August, 2024
Project background: 

The Nile covers 85% of the country's water needs for all areas of life. The effects of climate change and an increased use of the Nile water in the countries of the upper reaches of the Nile will lead to reduced water availability in Egypt in the future. Rising temperatures, longer and more intense periods of heat and drought, shifting climate zones as well as changes in the water supply (increasing seawater infiltration, decreasing water quality and pollution of water resources) are noticeable.

In the medium- to long-term planning, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWRI) assumes that the Nile can only cover 75% of Egypt’s future water needs. This makes efficient and integrated management of the limited water resources represents a vital necessity for Egypt to ensure a sustainable economic and social development in the future.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) was commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) to implement a new Technical Cooperation Measure “Nile Delta Water Management Programme (NDWM)”.

The scheduled implementation period for the new project is July 2021 to June 2024.

Service description: 

Specific tasks:

Work Package 1 - Business Plans and Monitoring System
Work Package 2 - Consolidation of Digital DSSs
Work package 3 - Wastewater Sludge Management
Work package 4 - O&M for Desalination Plants
Work package 5 - Management of residual sludge of water treatment plants

Objectives: 

The overall objective of the NDWM is to “improve the framework conditions for an efficient use of water in the water supply and wastewater management as well as in irrigated agriculture in the Nile Delta.” Contributing to this overall objective, the Consultant will be mainly responsible for the implementation of the tasks of Module 1 related to the following output areas:

(1) management capacities of water and wastewater ACs for an efficient water use are strengthened;

(2) measures for efficient water use and climate-sensitive operation of water and wastewater systems by ACs are initiated and the Consultant will contribute to the output;

(5) participation of civil society and woman’s groups in water use efficiency is strengthened.

The above outputs 1 & 2 are further sub-divided into the following five work packages (WP):

Work package 1
Preparation of business plans for 3 ACs and one for the HCWW & development of interactive executive IT monitoring system for BPs

Work package 2
Development of a “DSS” portal to provide integrated management solutions; re-engineering of existing databases/ from MS-Access to web-based system and migration of data; development of operation and administration manuals of the integrated system and provision of training

Work package 3
Development of a pre-feasibility study for Al Berka WWTP Sludge to Energy project (S2E); development of a detailed financial model (Cost-Benefit-Analysis); preparation of a comprehensive funding options report with detailed funding recommendations; preparation of tender documents

Work package 4
Assessment of training needs of the operators of the desalination plants in operation and maintenance; development of training material; implementation of training

Work package 5
Assessment of the current situation regarding the management of residual sludge from water treatment plants; review of international recognised practices; development of appropriate solutions for treatment, disposal and potential reuse of residual sludge form WTPs in Egypt and documentation of recommendations

 

 

Currency: 
€