Egypt launches first edition of national irrigation and drainage code

Minister Hani Sweilam launched the first edition of the Egyptian Code for Irrigation and Drainage at the National Water Research Center Day within Cairo's ninth Water Week.

• Sweilam presented the code at the National Water Research Center Day during Cairo's ninth Water Week, attended by center head Sherif Mohamadi.
• The code comprises ten parts drafted and reviewed by eight technical committees, developed with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Communities.
• Sweilam said the code establishes a unified national engineering reference for planning, designing, implementing, and managing irrigation and drainage facilities.
• Sweilam said the code governs infrastructure including about 55,000 km of canals and drains and roughly 600 pumping stations.