Qantara west: Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli affirmed that the inauguration of the water treatment plant and the raw water intake facility in the Qantara West Industrial Zone marks a strategic step toward completing the region's integrated infrastructure. He emphasized that this milestone demonstrates Egypt's growing capacity to provide essential services and utilities that support industrial expansion and attract major investments. Madbouli added that such infrastructure projects are fundamental to positioning Qantara West as one of Egypt's most promising emerging industrial hubs.

According to State Information Service Egypt, this statement was made during Madbouli's inauguration and inspection of several development projects in the Qantara West Industrial Zone, which operates under the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone). He was accompanied by Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Sherif el Serbini, Chairman of SCZone Walid Gamal el Din, Ismailia Governor Akram Mohamed Galal, and Chairman of Arab Contractors Company Ahmed el Assar.

Gamal el Din highlighted that completing utility infrastructure, especially the water treatment plant and the raw water intake system, is vital for supporting the 40 industrial projects already contracted in the zone. The projects are in the sectors of textiles and ready-made garments, travel bags, logistics services, poultry equipment, and packaging and food industries.

Madbouli and his delegation listened to a detailed presentation by Project Director Eng. Ahmed Maawad, who explained the plant's components and technical capacities. He noted that the water purification unit has a capacity of 200 liters per second.

According to the SCZone Chairman, the design capacity of Phase I of the plant is 35,000 cubic meters per day. The same applies to the raw water intake, which was also completed as part of the first phase. The total cost exceeded EGP 475.8 million. Phase II of the water plant is currently underway, aiming to double the plant's total production capacity to 70,000 cubic meters per day, over a total area of 22,500 square meters. The estimated cost of the second phase is around EGP 905 million.