The African Development Bank board has signed off on a EUR 109 mn facility to develop sewage disposal and wastewater treatment plants for rural areas in Luxor Governorate, the bank said in a statement.The project is set to increase sewage treatment in the governorate from 6% to 55% to serve 161,929 inhabitants. The facility consists of a EUR 108 mn loan from the bank with an additional EUR 1 mn grant from the bank’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative.

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