Workshop on mechanisms for implementing corrective measures for the water safety plan for the Mansheya station supply system (1)..

Under the patronage of Mr. Engineer Ahmed Gaber, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Drinking Water Company, and the supervision of Mrs. Dr. Lamia Mustafa, Head of the Laboratories and Research Sector.

The Water Safety and Security Department of the Laboratories Sector of the Alexandria Water Company organized a workshop on mechanisms for implementing corrective measures in the water safety and security plan for the Mansheya Water Station (1) supply system in the meeting room of the station.

In the presence of Mr. Dr. Mahmoud Fouad, Director General of the General Department of Quality and Environmental Affairs of the Holding Company, the work teams of the Ministry of Health, the departments concerned with water in the governorate, the neighborhoods, the Environmental Affairs Agency, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, and various internal work teams from all concerned sectors.

Mr. Engineer Ahmed Jaber stressed the company’s keenness to participate in the organizational workshops held under the auspices of the Holding Company for Potable Water and Wastewater, in order to enhance the strategy for predicting risks related to water safety, and a strong impetus for the water quality system in order to achieve maximum benefit from the optimal operation of water stations and enhance cooperation with all stakeholders. Ministries concerned with water.

He pointed out that the workshop was organized in coordination with the various ministries and agencies, represented by (the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, the Governorate Environmental Affairs Agency, the districts, and the departments concerned with the Alexandria Water Company).

Mrs. Dr. Lamia Mustafa, Head of the Company’s Laboratories and Research Sector, also reviewed the current position of all the company’s station supply systems in terms of obtaining water safety and security certificates, the annual target for the current and next year, and the achievements that took place in the recent period of adopting and preparing (8) water safety and security plans for water supply systems. different amounts over a period of approximately one and a half years, so that the total amount of water supplied by the Drinking Water Company in Alexandria was 80% for a population of up to (6) million people.

During a speech delivered by Mr. Dr. Mahmoud Fouad, Director General of Quality at the Holding Company for Potable Water and Wastewater, he stated the Holding Company’s keenness to raise the level of water quality from all sources feeding the stations in the subsidiary companies and the necessity of activating corrective measures for the supply systems and their impact as a direct element in raising the level of services provided to the masses of consumers. Alexandria Company’s pioneering role in the field of water safety and security.

Mr. Dr. Ahmed Al-Shami, Director of the Water Safety and Security Department, reviewed the part related to the water source feeding the Mansheya Water Station (1) and the role of the laboratories sector represented by the central laboratory and the Mansheya Station Laboratory (1) in environmental survey operations, in addition to the role of the company’s various sectors in participating through the work team. In the work of surveying and periodic cleansing of the source, as well as the important role of external parties by responding to the various communications related to the water source and providing us with the data required to fully characterize it, and that the plan was approved by the Supreme Water Committee on May 16, 2023, and the implementation of corrective measures was completed by 63%. % The rest of the corrective measures are being completed as soon as possible

The following gentlemen also reviewed:

Engineer Karim Ezzat, Director of Mansheya Station Administration (1).

Chemist Ahmed Al-Tair, Director of the Mansheya Station Laboratory (1).

Chemist Silvana Nazia, Supervisor of Water Safety and Security Department.

Dr. Walaa Metwally, Mansheya Station Laboratory Supervisor (1).

What was done during the preparation of the plan and the implementation of corrective measures with the participation of all sectors of the company, including the parts related to the purification stages, the distribution system, and the consumer community.

At the end of the workshop, Mr. Dr. Mahmoud Fouad, Director General of Quality and Environmental Affairs at the Holding Company for Potable Water and Wastewater, handed over to Mr. Engineer Ahmed Jaber the certificate of approval of the water safety and security plan for the Mansheya Water Station supply system (1), the first version of the Supreme Water Committee, and with the signature of His Excellency Mr. Dr. Minister of Health and Population as a new achievement added to the achievements of the Alexandria Drinking Water Company.