Four WWTPs treating 146,000 m3/day of urban wastewater equivalent to a population of 500,000 inhabitants and reuse it for irrigation.
Abnoub & El-Fath:
- Flow: 82,000 m3/day.
- Population: 300,000.
Sodfa & El Ghanayem:
- Flow: 29,000 m3/day.
- Population: 100,000.
El Ayat:
- Flow: 29,000 m3/day.
- Population: 100,000.
Abu Simbel:
- Flow: 6,000 m3/day.
- Population: 20,000.
General Information
- Entity: National Organization for Potable Water & Sanitary Drainage (N.O.P.W.A.S.D.).
- Location: Egypt.
- Capacity 146,000 m3/day.
- Population equivalent: 500,000.
Key points
The four plants all have a water line and a sludge line.
The water line includes:
- General by-pass for maximum flow
- Discharge canals.
- Desanding-deoiling canals.
- Primary decanters.
- Measurement and regulation of the flow into the biological treatment.
- Biological treatment.
- Recirculation of sludge.
The sludge line is made up of:
- Primary sludge purge.
- Excess sludge purge.
- Sludge thickening process.
- Excess sludge thickening.
- Anaerobic digestion.
- Storage of digested sludge.
- Drying beds.
Additionally, the facility has been equipped with a network of water services and auxiliary equipment for the correct operation of the same (chemical and bacteriological laboratories, workshop, maintenance equipment, etc).