Rod EI Farag Water Filtration Plant Expansion Program

Water Treatment Plant:

Construction Cost USD 500 million

USAID funded

Capacity increase: 200,000 to 600,000 m³/day.

Components:

• Nile water intake: 2 No. 175 m, 2,400 mm dia. pipelines.
• Raw water pumping station: 780,000 m³/day (11 m head), 6 No. vertical turbine pumps, 3 No. travelling screens.
• 2 No. Underground storage reservoirs.
• Water clarification and filtration facilities.
• Filtered water pumping station, 1,200,000 m³/ day (60 m head), 8 No. vertical turbine pumps.
• 5 km trunk transmission lines and associated appurtenances to handle the increase in water production.

Services Provided:

Study to determine:

• Most suitable, efficient and cost effective process for treating the River Nile water.
• Most suitable coagulant and coagulant aid dosage
• Optimum surface loading, detection time, rise rate, velocity gradients and other design parameters associated with the treatment process.

Based on:

• Data and laboratory tests.
• Pilot plant investigations to confirm the most economical and effective process for the upgrade of Rod EI Farag south section treatment complex.