International Co-operation in

Beheira Water & Drainage Company

 

Twinning with Amsterdam Water Supply(AWS) – Netherlands.

Twinning agreement has been signed between BWADC and Amsterdam Water Supply–Netherlands aiming at exchanging the technical and scientific experiences between the two parties.

 

The agreement Objectives Include:

- The first phase, from January 1999 to December 2001:

·        Water Plants maintenance and operation.

·        Uncounted for water (UFW).

·        Manage water artesian resources.

·        Management information system.

 

-The second phase, from January 2002 to December 2004:

·        Operation and process technology at water treatment  plant.

·        Environmental impact of water treatment.

·        Distribution networks.

·        The triplet international co-operation between AWS,BWADC & JWS.

·        Public awareness campaigns.

 

 

 

-The third phase, from  January 2005 to December 2008:

After establishing the holding company for Drinking water& wastewater, the granting organization shows its willingness to support the subsidiary  companies through using BWADC acquired experience. They have chosen Beheira Water & Sanitary Drainage company, Alexandria water company, Damietta Water Company and  El- Gharbya Water Company to be the corner stone of this co-operation.

 

Twinning between BWADC and Dienst Waterbeheer en Riolering (DWR) – Holland.

 

Co-operation in the field of Sewage:

A twinning agreement has been signed between Beheira Water & sanitary Drainage company and water management & sewage service (DWR) – Netherlands aiming at improving wastewater systems in Beheira governorate from January 2003 to December 2005 (this period is liable to be renewed). This twinning includes 4 activities:

1.      Improving the sewerage systems of the rural village of Sanhour.

2.      Establishing a learning program to improve the sewerage system and organization in Damanhur.

3.      Sludge investigation at Damanhur wastewater treatment plant.

4.      Realizing a sanitary system in a rural village

 

Co-operation between Beheira Water and Drainage Company and the Netherlands Management Co-operation programme (NMCP) in the field of underground water.

 A simple and low cost  Method for Iron and manganese removal from groundwater with less than 10% of the traditional way of removing Iron and manganese is applied in (BWADC) . This system is called  Beheira Underground Removal of Manganese (BURMAN).

 Through this co-operation, BWADC presented its experiment in solving the problem of Iron & Manganese high level in wells in a  symposium with the attendance of  Minister of Housing , utilities and Urban communities, Beheira Governorator, Minister of  Local Development, Minister of Health and Population, Netherlands  Ambassador and the chairman of NMCP company in Cairo on 18/9/2002.

·        The ground water wells are executed using U.P.V.C. Pipelines.

·        Mechanical and Chemical methods are used  for developing underground wells.

 

 

The international organization for developing Family & society  (Plan International – Egypt).

 There is co-operation between Plan international organization for developing family and society& Beheira Water company  entitled “the national campaign for Environmental awareness and the ideal use of water”.

 

 

 

The Italian Co-operation:

 The Italian project is responsible for developing drinking water supply systems in Beheira Governorate .

Arab Republic of Egypt pays special attention for developing and enhancing water networks and treatment plants, in order to create a suitable environment for working that helps the development in the other related fields. Beheira governorate obtained  a grant from Debt-for Development Swap estimated by fifty million Egyptian Pounds which was signed on February 19 ,2001 between the government of the Italian Republic and the Egyptian government. According to this agreement, part of the Egyptian debt has been transferred to be used in the internal development purposes in Egypt.

The project includes the following areas:

·        The future studies area is Damanhour District (both Rural and Urban areas).

·        The detailed study area (Urban Damanhour).

·        Pilot areas ( Nekraha – Sekeneda ).

The Project components:

1.      Study and assess the existing water supply system in Damanhour City and district.

2.      Develop water supply master plan for the project area and identify the high priority  works.

3.      study the modification and upgrade of water supply systems.

4.      Preparation of tender documents of high priorityworks.

5.      Provide technical assistance during the tendering period.

6.      Supervise the execution of the proposed works.

7.      Provide technical assistance for technology transfer to BWADC personnel and human resources development.