Grand Barrages and  Reservoirs Sector

Responsibilities

- Designing and executing all the new hydraulic projects on main water channels;

- Monitoring and maintaining all the water structures.

 

Achievements

- Construction of new Esna Barrages and a power project;

- Construction of Naga Hammadi navigation lock;

- Construction of Damietta dam, spillway and navigation lock;

- Rehabilitation of Shubrabus regulator;

- Executing Wadi El-Rayan Project;

- Construction of new Naga Hammadi barrage and the Power Generation Project.

 

Future Plans

- Rehabilitation of Rayah El-Menoufy head regulator;

- Rehabilitation of Rayah El-Taufiki head regulator and the power project;

- Rehabilitation of Rayah El-Abbassy head regulator;

- Construction of additional navigation lock in Esna;

- Conducting a feasibility study of Assiut barrages;

- Improvement of Delta Barrages;

- Rehabilitation of Bahr Youssef group regulators.

 

 Structure

The Grand Barrages and Reservoirs Sector comprises the following central departments:

·        The Central Department of Barrages and Reservoirs Projects;

·         The Central Department of Studies and Specifications;

·        The Central Department of the New Naga Hammadi Barrages Project;

·        The Central Department of Buildings and Facilities.