Gabal El-Asfar Wastewater Plant
Wastewater treatment (phase three expansion), 1,800,000 m3/day existing; phase three adds 1,000,000 m3/day in Egypt.
Under construction
The record
- Country
- Egypt
- Location
- Cairo
- Coordinates
- 30.170, 31.370
- Technology
- Wastewater treatment (phase three expansion)
- Capacity
- 1,800,000 m3/day existing; phase three adds 1,000,000 m3/day
- Capital cost
- EUR 61.5 m financing package (AFD loan and EU grants) for the phase three expansion; financing, not the project cost, so not converted
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- Cairo Sanitation & Drainage
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- AFD EUR 50 million loan, EU EUR 10 million grant and EUR 1.5 million grant (phase three expansion, EUR 61.5 million in total)
- Award or start year
- 2024
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-07.
History
- 2024-03
AFD and EU financing of EUR 61.5 million for phase three announced
- 2024-06
Construction start scheduled for Q2 2024 according to the EU Global Gateway page
Sources
3 references
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- Smart Water Magazine, EU allocates EUR 61.5M for construction of Egypt's Al Gabal Al Asfar wastewater treatment plant, 27 March 2024. smartwatermagazine.com.
- European Commission International Partnerships, Expansion of the Gabal Asfar wastewater treatment plant in Egypt (Global Gateway page, co-financed with AFD, start of construction work Q2 2024). international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.