West Delta Water Conservation and Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
Irrigation water transfer and distribution, Planned private design, construction and operation of a Nile surface-water irrigation system for 25,200 to 37,800 ha west of the Delta, replacing falling groundwater, with a fixed allocation of 12,400 m3 per ha per year and farmer contracts of up to 30 years; no private operator contract was signed in Egypt.
The record
- Country
- Egypt
- Location
- West Nile Delta
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Irrigation water transfer and distribution
- Capacity
- Planned private design, construction and operation of a Nile surface-water irrigation system for 25,200 to 37,800 ha west of the Delta, replacing falling groundwater, with a fixed allocation of 12,400 m3 per ha per year and farmer contracts of up to 30 years; no private operator contract was signed
- Capital cost
- US$213 m total project cost at appraisal (World Bank, 2007), stated in US$; none of it was spent on the scheme
- Stage
- Cancelled
- Owner or client
- Government of Egypt, with the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (PPP contract management)
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- IBRD loan of US$145 million (not disbursed), AFD US$32 million, Netherlands grant US$6 million and up to US$30 million expected from the private operator
- Award or start year
- 2007
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-19.
History
- 2007-06
World Bank approves a US$145 million loan on 21 June
- 2008-09
Loan agreement signed on 1 September
- 2009-07
Project declared effective
- 2011-04
Single bid received on 18 April
- 2011-06
Bank and AFD close the project on 30 June without a contract or disbursement
Sources
3 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- World Bank, West Delta Water Conservation and Irrigation Rehabilitation Project (P087970), project record. projects.worldbank.org.
- Loan of US$145 million approved 21 June 2007, total project cost US$213 million, closed 30 June 2011. Independent Evaluation Group, ICR Review (24 January 2013). documents.worldbank.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.
Component 1 was to finance a private operator to design, construct and operate the surface-water irrigation system covering 25,200 to 37,800 ha; loan signed 1 September 2008, effective July 2009; bid submission postponed to 18 April 2011 and a single bid received, an insufficient basis for the Ministry to evaluate the tender; the Bank and AFD closed the project on 30 June 2011 with no Bank disbursement and no contract signed; no law governing public-private partnerships existed; about 2,850 farmers had registered interest by March 2010.