[ti:Water-Poor Egypt Eyes Increase in Desalination Capacity in 5 Years ]
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[00:00.04]Egypt is worried about its supply of fresh water.
[00:05.80]To help deal with the problem,
[00:08.56]it is offering financial assistance to private companies
[00:13.96]to build 17 new desalination factories over the next 5 years.
[00:22.44]The process of desalination removes salt from water.
[00:28.88]The new factories will increase water desalination
[00:34.08]in the country by 300 percent.
[00:37.28]They will operate with solar energy.
[00:41.64]The plan fits with Egypt's push to increase its sources
[00:48.08]of fresh water for a fast-growing population.
[00:53.12]Currently, it is facing competition for Nile River water
[01:00.08]from a large hydropower dam that Ethiopia is building upstream.
[01:07.48]The financial assistance is designed
[01:11.00]to bring in private investment
[01:13.96]and technological development.
[01:17.24]Egypt has struggled in both of these areas.
[01:21.76]Investment in new desalination factories
[01:26.04]would begin with the government guaranteeing to buy the water
[01:30.96]and re-sell it to its citizens and industries
[01:35.40]at a much lower price, said Ayman Soliman.
[01:40.84]He is the head of the Egyptian government's investment fund.
[01:46.04]He did not estimate how much it would cost the government.
[01:51.08]Currently, Egypt desalinates about 800,000 cubic meters of water a day.
[01:59.24]The new factories would produce
[02:02.20]about 2.8 million cubic meters of water a day.
[02:07.92]That amount would later increase by 100 percent.
[02:13.20]The government is looking for 6.4 million cubic meters by 2050,
[02:20.76]reports the government's investment fund.
[02:24.24]"We've already solicited offers.
[02:27.60]What's happening is a combination between a competitive process
[02:32.76]and a limited negotiation process,"
[02:36.60]Soliman told the Reuters news agency.
[02:40.48]Egypt's military has been used to increase
[02:44.60]infrastructure development under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
[02:51.52]The military has already built 27 desalination factories.
[02:57.76]In addition, private desalination companies
[03:01.96]have built factories near resorts along Egypt's sea coasts.
[03:07.72]During a proposed 25-year period of financial assistance,
[03:13.80]companies would bring in their own building teams
[03:17.68]and use renewable energy like solar power.
[03:21.80]Soliman said many companies have expressed interest in the plan.
[03:27.80]"We've received offers to build whatever capacity we need," Soliman said.
[03:33.92]He added that there is enough demand by investors
[03:38.48]to build many more factories than planned.
[03:42.08]The government's investment fund
[03:44.64]hopes to reduce the price of desalination by 20 to 25 percent
[03:51.12]by using renewable energy and creative financing.
[03:56.76]Local solar energy producer KarmSolar was one of the first
[04:02.92]to publicly say it plans to bid for part of the project.
[04:08.40]It claims it can lower costs by selling electricity
[04:13.40]and water using renewable energy.
[04:17.28]It has begun building a 200-cubic-meter-per-day
[04:22.16]desalination factory at Marsa Shagra
[04:26.92]on the southern Red Sea coast.
[04:29.60]For the past five years, the company has used solar and fuel
[04:35.36]to supply electricity to resorts in the area.
[04:40.04]"The machines for digging the wells are there,
[04:43.28]and we've put the orders for the procurement,"
[04:46.40]said Ibrahim Metawe.
[04:49.32]He is the manager of the new plant,
[04:52.16]which plans to begin pumping water in the early months of 2022.
[04:58.72]The water intake wells are set a short distance
[05:02.72]away from the sea to reduce the effects on the environment.
[05:08.12]In sunny Egypt, excess water may be produced
[05:12.60]at the hottest part of the day.
[05:14.92]Karmsolar is considering several ways to make use of that water,
[05:20.92]including selling it in bottles.
[05:24.72]I'm Susan Shand. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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