{"id":556512,"date":"2021-10-28T04:20:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T04:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/10\/28\/us-companies-to-work-with-military-to-produce-desalination-tech\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T04:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T04:20:56","slug":"us-companies-to-work-with-military-to-produce-desalination-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/10\/28\/us-companies-to-work-with-military-to-produce-desalination-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"US companies to work with military to produce desalination tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>Two US firms will work with the military to locally manufacture desalination <\/strong><strong>technology<\/strong> in an agreement that comes as the Sisi administration looks to expand the country\u2019s water treatment capacity and avert a water shortage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquatech.com\/\">Aquatech<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpsinfra.com\/\">MPS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpsinfra.com\/\">Infrastructure<\/a> have agreed to form a consortium with the National Authority for Military Production (NOMP) that will see them set up facilities to manufacture equipment used for desalination and wastewater treatment, and manage upgraded plants, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/10\/PRESS-RELEASE-MPS-Infrastructure-Oct-25-2021.pdf\">a statement (pdf)<\/a> out yesterday from New York-based MPS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reducing the costs of clean water: <\/strong>The public-private consortium will localize the production of energy-saving technology from Aquatech in a bid to make desalination more affordable to roll out here at scale, the statement said. Workers at the Military Production Ministry will be trained on how to operate and maintain the equipment, the ministry said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EgyptianCabinet\/posts\/257868486383579\">a separate statement<\/a>. The agreement comes after the three companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on parts production in July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key details are still TBA:<\/strong> The statement doesn\u2019t provide information on specific projects the consortium will undertake and doesn\u2019t disclose any contractual details. MPS executive chairman Bjorn Aeserod said that forming the consortium would allow it \u201cto competitively bid for development projects, maximize in-country content, and develop an in-house, world-class operating and maintenance capability,\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aquatech has experience in Egypt\u2019s water treatment industry<\/strong>, having implemented a number of local desalination and water reuse projects <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aquatech.com\/press-releases\/aquatech-awarded-thermal-desalination-and-industrial-water-reuse-projects-in-egypt\/\">stretching back to at least 2009<\/a>. MPS operates primarily in Africa and the Middle East, but doesn\u2019t appear to have had a presence in Egypt until now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finding new sources of water is mission critical for Egypt<\/strong>, which will see its water supplies come under increasing stress in the coming years due to climate change, population growth, and Ethiopia\u2019s dam on the Blue Nile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Going big:<\/strong> The government wants to channel more than USD 50 bn into expanding the country\u2019s desalination and wastewater treatment infrastructure by 2037 in <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/hardhats\/counting-costs-govts-usd-50-bn-water-saving-plan\/\">a 20-year plan<\/a> that is hoped to reduce its reliance on the Nile and reduce water scarcity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The private sector should be taking a lead role:<\/strong> Egypt\u2019s sovereign wealth fund <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/230ab7eb-25c7-4298-b601-6c6e298eac0a\">has issued tenders<\/a> for private companies to build 17 solar-powered desalination plants, part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/a70db4f1-664a-4a7b-ad25-022b8b2d3e1d\">USD 2.5 bn plan<\/a> to quadruple our desalination capacity in the next five years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two US firms will work with the military to locally manufacture desalination technology in an agreement that comes as the Sisi administration looks to expand the country\u2019s water treatment capacity and avert a water shortage. Aquatech and MPSInfrastructure have agreed to form a consortium with the National Authority for Military Production (NOMP) that will see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":556513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7278],"tags":[72,274,7111,480,2339,622,364],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-556512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infrastructure","tag-enterpriseam","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-infrastructure","tag-jonathan-cohen","tag-military-production-ministry","tag-national-security","tag-water","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"7d2b7cd4-1a88-407f-ab6b-6c791793c13e","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2021\/10\/305.jpg","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[556508],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>US companies to work with military to produce desalination tech - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/10\/28\/us-companies-to-work-with-military-to-produce-desalination-tech\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US companies to work with military to produce desalination tech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two US firms will work with the military to locally manufacture desalination technology in an agreement that comes as the Sisi administration looks to expand the country\u2019s water treatment capacity and avert a water shortage. 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