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Will new water-saving measures at Egypt's mosques help save water?

The Egyptian ministries of religious endowments and water resources and irrigation are collaborating on a new project to install water-saving nozzles in mosques and churches in order to rationalize water consumption.
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CAIRO — The Egyptian ministries of religious endowments and water resources and irrigation collaborated Nov. 15 on an experiment whereby 108 water-saving nozzles were installed on the faucets at El Sayeda Nafisa Mosque in Cairo. At Yousif Al-Sahabi Mosque, 67 nozzles were installed.

This pilot experiment is financed and executed by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation in preparation for the installation of water-saving nozzles in mosques throughout the country. It is part of the ministry's water consumption rationalization plan launched in December 2017.

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