Egypt builds new water station outside Cairo as fears over Ethiopia dam persist

With negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam stalled, the Egyptian government is building a massive water treatment plant in Giza governorate in a bid to address water scarcity.
This picture taken on May 14, 2021 shows an aerial view of Egypt's capital Cairo (R) and its twin city of Giza (L), showing the historic old Cairo district (R) and the Nile river islands of (bottom L to R) Qorsaya and Dahab, and the island of Manial al-Roda (C).
This picture taken on May 14, 2021, shows an aerial view of Egypt's capital, Cairo (R), and its twin city of Giza (L), showing the historic old Cairo district (R) and the Nile River islands of (bottom L to R) Qorsaya and Dahab, and the island of Manial al-Roda (C). - AMIR MAKAR/AFP via Getty Images
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The Egyptian government is building a large water treatment plant on the outskirts of Cairo to help address the country's drinking water shortage.

In a statement posted Aug. 5, Ahmed Rashid, governor of the Giza governorate where the plant will be located, said the Dahab Island water plant will be fully operational after the completion of trail tests and will have a final production capacity of 160,000 cubic meters per day. During the latest trial tests, the plant was run at a production capacity of 80,000 cubic meters per day, he added.

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