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The Housing Ministry is in talks with seven unnamed companies to build seawater desalination plants as part of the government\u2019s recently-announced 30-year plan to increase potable water capacity, Deputy Housing Minister Sayed Ismail said, according to a cabinet statement<\/a>. The contenders include international and local firms, four of whom have submitted technical and financial studies for plants that could be built under a PPP framework, Ismail added. Housing Minister Assem El Gazzar said last month<\/a> that Egypt is investing EGP 134.2 bn through 2050 to increase its potable water capacity by 6.4 mn cbm\/d over six, five-year phases. This comes as water is high on the Sisi administration\u2019s agenda to tackle potential water shortages as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam comes online in coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Housing Ministry is in talks with seven unnamed companies to build seawater desalination plants as part of the government\u2019s recently-announced 30-year plan to increase potable water capacity, Deputy Housing Minister Sayed Ismail said, according to a cabinet statement. 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