National Canal Rehabilitation and Lining Programme
Canal lining programme, 20,000 km target; 7,700 km rehabilitated by July 2024 in Egypt.
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The record
- Country
- Egypt
- Location
- Nationwide
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Canal lining programme
- Capacity
- 20,000 km target; 7,700 km rehabilitated by July 2024
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Under construction
- Owner or client
- Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Government
- Award or start year
- 2020
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2020
Programme launched with a 20,000 km target
- 2021-02
More than 900 km lined, first phase of 7,000 km costed at EGP 18 billion
- 2022-11
Ministry of Planning reports 4,532 km at EGP 12 billion against a mid-2024 deadline
- 2024-07
Minister reports 7,700 km rehabilitated with 2,000 km to complete
Sources
15 references
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- Ahram Online, In Photos: Egypt's canal rehabilitation and lining project proceeding at rapid pace, 11 February 2021. english.ahram.org.eg.
- Ministry spokesman Mohamed Ghanem reports more than 900 km lined in the first phase and a target of 7,000 km at a total cost of EGP 18 billion (bot-walled to curl, read in a browser).
- Egypt Today, Egypt's planning ministry declares canal lining target for mid-2024, 1 November 2022. egypttoday.com.
- Target of 20,000 km by mid-2024; 4,532 km done at EGP 12 billion, about 30 per cent; EGP 16 billion allocated for a further 5,759 km in 2022/23; work across 18 governorates (bot-walled to curl, read in a browser).
- Egyptian Cabinet, statement of the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation to the parliamentary committee studying the new government's programme (Arabic), 15 July 2024. cabinet.gov.eg.
- Minister Hani Sweilem cites the rehabilitation of 7,700 km of canals and the completion of 2,000 km more, alongside annual clearing of 55,000 km of canals and drains.
- The whole programme has been put at EGP 80 billion.
- Egypt Today, Egypt completes lining of about 4K kilometers of irrigation canals, 15 January 2022. egypttoday.com.
- Reports a statement by the Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources that 3,913 km of irrigation canals had been lined, the lining to enhance water distribution and ensure delivery of water to the ends of canals, with 5 billion m3 of seepage losses to be saved.
- State Information Service, Alex governor directs to follow up implementation of canal lining project, 26 August 2022. sis.gov.eg.
- Defines canal lining as reducing seepage loss of irrigation water and ties it to the national canal lining project.
- Al-Watan, Minister of Irrigation statement (Arabic), 20 September 2021. elwatannews.com.
- The minister gives the target as 20,000 km of canals and the aim as delivering irrigation water to the canal ends.
- Al-Dostor, interview with the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation (Arabic), 22 June 2026. dostor.org.
- 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.
The national canal rehabilitation project aims to give all farmers on the canal their water share on time; 7,700 km rehabilitated.