Eng. Ahmed Omran - Deputy Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities conducted an inspection tour in Assiut to follow up on the implementation status of a number of drinking water and wastewater projects being implemented as part of the first phase of the presidential initiative “Decent Life”. The Deputy Minister was accompanied with Major General Eng. Amin Shawky – Head of the National Organization for Potable Water and Sanitary Drainage"NOPWASD”, Major General Eng. Ahmed Ismail- Vice Chairman of NOPWASD, and Eng. Moustafa Ahmed El Shemi - Chairman of the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater “HCWW”, in addition to a number of officials of the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, the National Organization for Potable Water and Sanitary Drainage; and the related authorities. Eng. Ahmed Omran began his tour by inspecting the Wastewater Treatment Plants in Arab Al Kalabat, Al Fath Center, which is implemented by the Arab Contractors, with a design capacity of 20,000 m3/day “ first phase”, will reach upto 40,000 m3/ day in the second phase. They were accompanied during the visit by Eng. Hassan Mustafa- Senio Vice Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, Eng. Sayed Hassan Ahmed - Head of Upper Egypt and Red Sea Sectors, and Eng. Ahmed Abdel Fattah Ahmed – Manager of Assiut Branch. The project aims to serve 13 villages and their surroundings, including Bani Zaid, Al Akrad, Al Asara, Al Massara, Al Fayma, Al Qasr, Awlad Badr, Al Quota, Bani Talib, Al Atiyat Al Qibliya, Deir Basra, Basra, and Al Kalabat, which will contribute to improving sanitation services for about 200,000 people. The project includes an integrated system that includes aeration, sedimentation and drying basins, operating units and ancillary buildings, in addition to the final wastewater treated channel to transport the treated water to the existing Abanoub and Al Fath treatment plant with a length of 6.175 km and a diameter of 900 mm, as well as the gravity networks, force mains and lifting stations to serve the targeted villages. This was in the presence of Eng. Magdy Francis - Project Manager for Al Zarabi and Arab Al Kalabat, and Eng. Moustafa Abdel Maguid - Project Manager for Arab Al Kalabat Treatment Plant, participated in the tour. The project is one of the vital projects that aim to support the infrastructure of the drinking water and wastewater sector in Assiut, and to provide safe and sustainable sanitation services to the residents of the beneficiary villages, within the framework of the state’s efforts to develop the Egyptian countryside and improve the quality of life for citizens. On the other hand, the Deputy Minister and his companions moved to the wastewater treatment plant project in Al Atiyat Al Bahariya in Abanoub, which is being implemented by the Arab Contractors Company with a design capacity of 40,000 m3/day, will be expanded to 60,000 m3/day, and aims to provide wastewater services to about 400,000 people in 14 villages and their surroundings, including Al Maabedah Al Sharqiya, Al Maabedah Al Gharbiya, Shaqlaqil, Arab Al Shanabla, Kom Al Mansoura, Bani Mohammadiyat, Gazerat Baheeg, Al Atiyat Al Bahariya, Deir Show, Bani Ibrahim, Al Qadadih, Al Awamer, Deir Al Gabrawy and Al Sawalem. The project includes treatment units, aeration, sedimentation, concentration and drying basins, in addition to the final wastewater treated channel with a length of 9.6 km, where the Deputy Minister followed up on the implementation status of the project and the remaining work.