Egypt’s Higher Committee for Public-Private Partnership approved preparations to tender an industrial wastewater treatment plant serving the El-Raswa Industrial Zone in southern Port Said, with first-phase capacity of 35,000 cubic metres a day, according to a report published on 31 October 2026 (MEED). The plant is one of three infrastructure projects added to the country’s PPP pipeline, while four industrial wastewater treatment plants were separately approved for tendering in Alexandria, Giza, Beheira and Port Said (MEED).
Key takeaways
- The committee approved the Port Said project on 25 October and authorised preparations for its tendering (MEED).
- The El-Raswa Industrial Zone plant has a first-phase capacity of 35,000 cubic metres a day (MEED).
- Four industrial wastewater treatment plants serving the Amreya, Abu Rawash, Wadi El-Natrun and El-Raswa industrial zones were approved for tendering, with capacities of 15,000–35,000 cubic metres a day (MEED).
- Each project still requires separate committee approval before its tender can be launched under Egypt’s PPP law (MEED).
Port Said plant moves toward tender preparation
The plant is intended to serve the El-Raswa Industrial Zone in southern Port Said and has a first-phase capacity of 35,000 cubic metres a day (MEED). Its approval places the project at the tender-preparation stage within Egypt’s public-private partnership pipeline (MEED).
The committee’s decision on 25 October authorised preparations for tendering, but the project cannot proceed to tender launch without a further, separate committee approval under the PPP law (MEED). The source did not report a tender date, contract value, procurement package or construction schedule (MEED).
Four industrial wastewater tenders also approved
The committee approved the tendering of four industrial wastewater treatment plants in Alexandria, Giza, Beheira and Port Said (MEED). They will serve the Amreya, Abu Rawash, Wadi El-Natrun and El-Raswa industrial zones and have capacities of 15,000–35,000 cubic metres a day (MEED).
For operators and equipment buyers, the immediate signal is entry into a public procurement cycle, although the reported approval is not yet a tender award or an operating contract (MEED). The source did not provide wastewater characteristics, discharge standards, treatment-process requirements or individual plant contract schedules (MEED).
Specification read
The reported first-phase scale for the El-Raswa plant is 35,000 cubic metres a day, equivalent to 35 ML/day, while the four-plant tender group has capacities of 15,000–35,000 cubic metres a day, or 15–35 ML/day (MEED). The source did not report flow variability, BOD, COD, population equivalent, industrial process streams or final discharge limits, so an equivalent population cannot be calculated (MEED).
For a plant of this class, a full treatment train may be specified around industrial pretreatment and screening, primary clarification, biological treatment and tertiary or disinfection stages; DAF can be relevant where oil and floatables require separation, while ZLD may be required for high-recovery reuse or stringent effluent constraints (Industrial Wastewater Treatment Equipment Selection: Matching the Right System to Your Industry). The reported approvals bear directly on these treatment stages because they advance projects into public tender preparation, but the source does not identify which processes will be required for the El-Raswa facility (MEED). Equipment selection can be narrowed through the Air Dust Treatment and Water Purification product hubs.
If your plant looks like a 35,000 m³/day industrial wastewater facility serving an industrial zone, with unresolved BOD/COD loading, variable industrial process flows and a need to meet site-specific discharge and reuse requirements, this means the project is entering a procurement stage where treatment objectives, hydraulic profile and unit-process sizing will need to translate into enforceable tender specifications (MEED). Operators should use the related analysis of DAF vs. Clarifier for Petroleum Wastewater in 2026 to frame the primary-treatment decision once influent data are available.
FAQ
When is the Port Said wastewater plant expected to enter tendering?
The committee approved preparations for tendering on 25 October, but a separate committee approval is required before the tender can be launched under Egypt’s PPP law (MEED). The source did not report a launch date, tender duration, contract value, construction schedule or financial-close timetable, so buyers cannot yet assume when bids or orders will be placed (MEED).
What capacity has been reported for the El-Raswa wastewater plant?
The El-Raswa Industrial Zone plant in southern Port Said has a reported first-phase capacity of 35,000 cubic metres a day, or 35 ML/day (MEED). The source did not report expansion capacity, wastewater quality, flow variability or a population-equivalent figure, so the headline capacity should not be interpreted as the full treatment requirement without additional design data (MEED).
Which treatment processes will the four industrial plants require?
The source identifies four plants serving the Amreya, Abu Rawash, Wadi El-Natrun and El-Raswa industrial zones, with capacities of 15,000–35,000 cubic metres a day, but does not specify their treatment trains (MEED). Process selection will require confirmed industrial wastewater characteristics, discharge or reuse targets and site constraints; the reported approval confirms procurement progression, not the award of particular treatment equipment (MEED).
How should a supplier qualify for the forthcoming tenders?
Potential suppliers will need to respond to the procurement documents once the separate tender approvals are granted (MEED). The source did not publish eligibility criteria, technical specifications, local-participation requirements, bidding procedures or evaluation criteria, so a supplier cannot determine qualification or lead time from the reported approval alone (MEED).
