برنامج التنمية الأقليمية لجنوب سيناء

For the First Time in History, Nile Water Reaches St. Catherine’s

This project will provide clean and potable drinking water for many Bedouin communities in South Sinai.  The project delivers the Nile water to an altitude of 1470 above sl in a very dry zone of Sinai.  The project was dividedinto several phases.  The first concentrated on delivering 4000 m³ of water to the zone of St. Catherine’s and the villages of WadiFeiran through a water supply line with a length of 92 km.  The second phase focused on the construction of four booster-pumping stations along the water supply line.  The third phase provided the area of St Catherine’s with two reservoirs with a total capacity of 3000 m³ + the rehabilitation of an existing reservoir of 200m³  capacity.  The fourth phase included the provision to the local units in south Sinai with 6 water trucks with a capacity of 15 m³ each and 2 water trucks with trailers with a capacity of 25m³ each (2 of the water trucks of 15m³ were provided to the municipality of St Catherine).  The fifth and last phase provided small water reservoirs (of 1m³) for the Bedouin communities in south Sinai region, amongst which St Catherine.  The water supply line was constructed by the Petrojet Company costing some €10,820 million and was finalized in a period of 26 months ending in August2009.  The booster pumping stations, reservoirs, and electro- mechanic works are constructed by the Horse Company and costing some €5,344 million.  They are scheduled for completion by December 2010.