The existing treatment plant in the village of Sheikh Yaqoub uses environmental technology to treat the sanitation of the villages (2 villages) that was established since 2009 and needs expansion and restructuring and the development of the previously implemented technology to suffice the current population increase, which increased by about 30% of the population and be sustainable and sufficient for expansions Others for neighboring villages and reuse to provide energy for the station that reduces the total cost spent on (electrical energy) and also the development of a lifting station (2 villages) for each village to reduce the risks to the houses in the village due to the increase in the quantities of waste (sanitation) and it was not qualified to absorb this increase large population.

Why does this work need to be done? 

Rural sanitation is one of the state’s most important infrastructure trends to preserve water courses from pollution and groundwater from contaminating toilet, and Egypt’s villages in the governorates of Upper Egypt are areas deprived of service. The models that need to be developed and current expansions are sufficient to accommodate the population. Continuously increasing, the service is needed by rural homes to reduce the economic burden on the population, as the monthly cost of scavenging for the family is equivalent to 3 times the cost of sanitation drainage (the bill), and the household burdens on women from continuous daily hygiene, as well as throwing polluted water in the streets or water drains is a burden every day for rural women, the rural sanitation service is one of the most important sustainable development activities and increases community engagement and increases the community’s cohesion with government organizations.

What are the planned activities?

• Assessment of the current situation of the treatment plant and the existing lifting stations through specialists and technicians
• Develop an executive plan for the expansion of the station and the restructuring of the stations in the villages
• Contracting with companies specialized in the development of rural sanitation technology
• Contracting with a company specialized in the field of biogas to restructure the biogas plant to produce electrical energy from the plant.
• Forming a committee in the village to help identify all the houses that are not connected to the network
• Coordination with the Drinking Water and Sanitation Company to follow up on the implementation of the model
• Disinfection and cleanliness of the sanitation network in the villages
• Documenting all operational phases of the project
• A final ceremony for the project to present the results to the water companies, the holding company and the NGOs at the level of Egypt to replicate such models and technology used in other villages

What are the expected outcomes of the project?

• Connecting a sanitation system to the village’s public network for approximately 400 new homes.
• Development of 2 lifting stations for 2 villages (Izbat Yaqoub / Jaafar).
• Developing the treatment plant to become the first rural sanitation plant in Egypt that provides electric power from waste.
• Providing a model of rural sanitation that preserves groundwater sources and drains.
• Providing new and renewable energy.
• Citizens’ satisfaction with the service and the ability to increase the monthly bill with their complete satisfaction.
• Water and wastewater companies document the model and implement it on a larger level.
• An integrated environmental model compatible with all global requirements to preserve the environment.

The beneficiaries

The beneficiaries of the implementation of the activities are the citizens of all age groups in the villages, as the village sanitation service serves the entire house (the family), and the most affected by this service are the women in the village

Sheikh Yaqoub village: 5000 people

Jafar village: 8000 people

The proportion of women in the two villages is equivalent to 60% of the village, which is equivalent to 7800 women

The percentage of young people in the two villages (males and females) is 50%.

This is in addition to the indirect beneficiaries of the non-pollution of the water of drains and canals, and the beneficiaries of the non-pollution of groundwater