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Project Description Sovereign loan of up to EUR 79 million to the Government of Egypt to finance the Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) component of the integrated depollution programme for the Kitchener Drain, the main agricultural drain passing through three governorates in the Delta region. The proposed EBRD loan will finance the (i) purchase of equipment for primary waste collection (containers and tractors); (ii) rehabilitation and construction of up to 10 transfer stations; (iii) rehabilitation and construction of up to 6 waste treatment facilities; (iv) rehabilitation and construction of up to 5 sanitary landfills; and (v) closure and rehabilitation and existing open dumpsites which will be used for the new solid waste management facilities (the Project). The MSWM investment component is one of three components forming the integrated depollution programme of the Kitchener Drain. The other two components consist of (i) a wastewater expansion and plant rehabilitation project proposed to be financed by the EIB; and (ii) a drain infrastructure rehabilitation project, proposed to be financed by the Bank. Project Objectives The Kitchener Drain is one of the most severely polluted drains in Egypt causing significant environmental, economic and social harm. It extends 69 km and passes through the governorates of Kafr El Sheikh (KES), Gharbeya (GHB) and Dekheila (DKH) and discharges into the Mediterranean Sea. Pollution of the Kitchener Drain emanates from three main sources: (i) domestic wastewater (poorly treated and/or untreated) from numerous villages within the three governorates; (ii) uncontrolled municipal solid waste disposed of along the banks and into the drains; (iii) industrial wastewater discharge and (iv) fertilisers and pesticides discharges from the agricultural drainage system. The integrated programme will be the first programme in Egypt testing a new cross-sectoral approach that will support the depollution of the Mediterranean Sea and improve the health and environmental situation of the people living in the drain catchment area as well as strengthen the economy by improving the irrigation water quality in the three governorates. The Project will significantly improve the management of municipal solid waste (which includes collection, transportation, sorting, recycling and final disposal of waste) generated in the three targeted governorates, whose uncontrolled disposal represents a significant source of pollution in the Kitchener Drain which in turn has negative health implications on the population in the area. Accordingly, the Project will provide access to improved waste services to over 5 million people in the 11 districts of the three governorates pertaining to the catchment area in addition to rehabilitate and close the existing waste accumulations on the numerous open dump sites. |
