The move is meant to fully capitalize on the treated drainage water and upgrade the quality of drainage system to collect rainfall and rationalize the consumption of pure water used in agriculture, added Gazzar.

The project entailed implementing the first stage of the three-stage sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 115,000 cubic meters/day alongside an upstream station and pumping lines at a cost of EGP 400,000, which have been inaugurated by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in August.