Egypt installs solar-powered pumps at 85 water wells in New Valley

CAIRO – 26 June 2022: The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources announced Sunday that solar-powered pumps had been installed at 85 water wells at New Valley's Kharga, Dakhla, and Farafra.

The press statement added that such pumps are planned to become generalized in order to rationalize the use of underground water, and promote clean energy.

Egypt has rehabilitated canals with lengths of up to 5,242 km in different governorates thus far since the national project of lining canals kicked off.

The project, launched per the instructions of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, aims to rehabilitate canals with total lengths of 20,000 km at a cost of L.E. 80 billion by mid-2024.

This comes within the framework of a comprehensive vision seeking to provide necessary water needs for all water-using sectors, both quantitatively and qualitatively, which will reflect positively on achieving sustainable development goals and provide services to beneficiaries with the highest degree of justice and efficiency.

The rehabilitation of canals with lengths of up to 4,080 km is underway, in addition to providing financial funds to rehabilitate canals with lengths of 2,728 km in preparation for putting them up for implementation, bringing the total lengths covered by the project to date to 12,050 km.