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Water shortage turns Daqahlia lands fallow
Egypt
May 25, 2010
Water shortage turns Daqahlia lands fallow
Daqahlia--Farmers from the Belqas department, in the Lower Egyptian province of Daqahlia, protested yesterday against a 25-day shortage in irrigation…
UN Cairo seminar tackles water quality
Environment
April 20, 2010
UN Cairo seminar tackles water quality
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in collaboration with the Cervantes Spanish Cultural Center in Egypt, held a seminar yesterday…
Alex conference tackles water scarcity
Environment
April 1, 2010
Alex conference tackles water scarcity
"Fresh water, rare water" was the name of a conference held yesterday at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina under the auspices of…
CAPMAS warns of water shortages by 2017
Egypt
March 22, 2010
CAPMAS warns of water shortages by 2017
A recent study conducted by the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) warned that Egypt's annual water…
Govt investigates Egypt’s water needs, flooding threats
Environment
March 7, 2010
Govt investigates Egypt’s water needs, flooding threats
At a press conference in Alexandria yesterday, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Nasr Eddin Allam announced a plan for…
Court clears defendants in tainted water case
Egypt
March 4, 2010
Court clears defendants in tainted water case
The Qanater el-Khairiya Midemeanor Court acquitted nine defendants Thursday who had been accused of contaminating public water supplies in the…
Egypt to build dams in Ethiopia
Egypt
February 21, 2010
Egypt to build dams in Ethiopia
At a meeting in Cairo with representatives of Nile Basin countries on Sunday, Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed…
Rashid inundated with sewage water
Egypt
December 21, 2009
Rashid inundated with sewage water
Just six months after President Hosni Mubarak inaugurated a drainage project in Rashid, the Beheria Governorate town is drowning in…