As a result of the torrential rains that Alexandria Governorate faced during the past 48 hours, the village of Algiers in the southern region faced several developments, and yesterday night, Major General Hamdi Al-Hashash, Secretary General of the Governorate, Eng. Ahmed Gaber Shehata, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Water Company, and Dr. Ibrahim Abdel Moneim, First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, responded immediately. Engineer Mr. Rayan, Head of the West Production and Distribution Sector, and Engineer Jwaida Ali Suleiman, Head of the Southern Region Production and Distribution Sector, followed up on the situation. Accordingly, the decision was taken to stop the Kilometer 40 water station.
To reduce the load on sewage networks.
His Excellency the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation came at dawn to inspect the situation in person, and His Excellency ordered the agricultural drainage water to be drained by cutting the bridge linking the drain and the Mariout Guide Canal.

Early in the morning of the current day, Engineer Ahmed Jaber, along with Engineer Jwaida Ali, Head of the Southern Production and Distribution Sector, made an inspection tour to inspect the situation on the ground. They met with the First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation at the Kilometer 40 bridge, and the process of opening the drainage of the Desert Reconstruction Bank on the Dalil Canal was initiated. Mariout to drain the water, and part of the bridge was removed to direct the water towards the Bahij Canal to create a diversion in the water’s path to facilitate its delivery.

The free zone lifter was sent to inspect the condition of the lifter, inspect the pressure meter, and verify the level of the tanks to ensure water delivery to the city of Burj Al Arab.
Accordingly, an urgent scenario was designed for how to carry out a quick maneuver through the valve management of the Alexandria Water Company to transfer water from the city of Alexandria’s stations and deliver it to the Burj Al Arab lifter.
The work team is now checking the conditions of the Burj Al Arab lifter and is waiting to ensure that water reaches the lifter to supply all areas affected by the water outage as a result of the 40 kilometer lifter stopping.
On the other hand, the Alexandria Water Company delivered water vehicles to Borg El Arab University Oncology Hospital and New Borg El Arab Hospital, in addition to delivering water through the networks to Al Amreya General Hospital and the Red Crescent Hospital.