The New Cairo project includes the Operation and Maintenance of the infrastructures that supply bulk water to New Cairo.
The water infrastructures to be managed will capture water from the River Nile, transport it 40 kilometers, and then treat it in a Potable Water Plant.
Acciona is currently responsible for the purification of water from the Nile River for subsequent distribution to Cairo and its area of influence, operating the New Cairo drinking water treatment plant (DWTP), as well as four other WWTPs for the official entity that manages water treatment in the country.
General Information
- Entity: Construction Authority for Potable Water and Wastewater (CAPW)
- Location: New Cairo, Egypt
- Flow: 500,000 m3/d.
- Population: 6,000,000 inhabitants
Key points
The system consists of two 2.6 meter diameter pipes each that run for 42 kilometers, plus 3 pumping stations.
The pipes can transport up to 1,000,000 m3 per day as far as the Potable Water Plant, and from there to the regulating reservoirs.