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million cubic metres of water treated daily.
The project has the strong financial sup-
port of the EBRD, the World Bank, and the
Egyptian bank.
The Abu Rawash contract falls within the
scope of the ambitious action plan on water
and sanitation issues experienced by the
Government of Egypt.
This is the second large-scale project that
FCC Aqualia has carried out in Egypt, after
having been awarded in 2010 the design,
construction and operation of the wastewa-
ter treatment plant in New Cairo for a period
of 20 years. Located in the capital of Egypt,
it was the first contract that was awarded in
the country for a collaborative public-priva-
te partnership (PPP).
FCC Group’s water
management subsidiary
leads a consortium for
the financing, design,
construction,
and operations over
a 25-year period
Aerial view of the current wastewater treatment plant.