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Monufiya water contamination details emerge during academic conference
Environment
October 19, 2012
Monufiya water contamination details emerge during academic conference
Leaked sewage and human error likely caused over 1,500 residents in the village of Sansaft in Monufiya governorate…
Minister: Dispute with Nile Basin countries does not prevent cooperation
Egypt
October 2, 2012
Minister: Dispute with Nile Basin countries does not prevent cooperation
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa Eddin said on Tuesday that the dispute over the Entebbe agreement between…
Cabinet to consider increasing consumer tap water prices
Egypt
September 23, 2012
Cabinet to consider increasing consumer tap water prices
The drinking water and sanitation facilities minister will ask the Cabinet to increase consumer tap water prices, as part of…
Official June tests showed Monufiya water was contaminated
Egypt
August 23, 2012
Official June tests showed Monufiya water was contaminated
Tests dating back to early June suggest Monufiya governorate officials knew local water supplies were unfit for drinking long before contaminated…
More than a thousand poisoned by Monufiya’s polluted water
Egypt
August 21, 2012
More than a thousand poisoned by Monufiya’s polluted water
Monufiya Governor Ashraf Hilal has suspended local water station employees and the directors of the local health department after more…
Searching for water: Residents of Giza district protest unstable supply
Egypt
July 23, 2012
Searching for water: Residents of Giza district protest unstable supply
The baby word “imbou,” said to have been Arabicized from the language of ancient Egypt, is used by kids who…
Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage
Egypt
July 21, 2012
Residents close Giza Governorate headquarters to protest water shortage
Dozens of Saft al-Laban, Boulaq, residents closed the Giza Governorate headquarters Saturday with metal chains, saying they would sit-in because…
Health Ministry shuts down mineral water companies due to contamination
Egypt
June 12, 2012
Health Ministry shuts down mineral water companies due to contamination
The Health Ministry on Tuesday formally shut down seven mineral water companies after test results from random samples of groundwater…
Egypt’s Nile water quota unchanged since 1955, says irrigation minister
Egypt
May 13, 2012
Egypt’s Nile water quota unchanged since 1955, says irrigation minister
Water resources and irrigation minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil told the Parliament Agriculture and Irrigation Committee on Sunday that Egypt's Nile water quota…
Economic talks open Arab League meeting in Iraq
World
March 27, 2012
Economic talks open Arab League meeting in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Drought and uprisings are threatening to undermine the Middle East's economy, Arab officials said Tuesday as they discussed…