During his tour to inaugurate and inspect a number of projects in the industrial zone in Qantara West: Madbouly: The plant is a fundamental pillar for developing infrastructure and attracting industrial investments. Walid Gamal El Din: The integrated infrastructure supports 40 diverse industrial projects contracted in Qantara West. During his tour to inaugurate and inspect a number of projects in Qantara West Industrial Zone, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly - Prime Minister inaugurated the water station and the wastewater intake in the Qantara West Industrial Zone affiliated to the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone, in the presence of Eng. Mahmoud Esmat - Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Eng. Sherif El Sherbiny - Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Mr. Walid Gamal El Din – Head of the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone, Major General Akram Mohamed Galal – Ismailia Governor, Eng. Ahmed El Assar - Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, Eng. Hassan Mustafa – Senior Vice Chairman, and Eng. Heba Abou Al Ella - Vice Chairman. The Prime Minister stated that the opening of the water plant and the wastewater intake represent a strategic step in completing the integrated infrastructure of Qantara West Industrial Zone, and reflects the ability to provide the services and facilities necessary to support industrial expansion and attract major investments. He pointed out that these projects represent a fundamental pillar for establishing Qantara West as one of Egypt's promising industrial centers. Mr. Walid Gamal El Din -Head of the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone, explained that the completion of the infrastructure facilities in Qantara West, specially the water plant and the wastewater intake, represents a fundamental pillar for enabling the industrial zone to serve 40 diverse industrial projects that have been contracted to date, in sectors including textiles and ready-made garments, luggage, logistics activities, poultry farming equipment, packaging, and food industries, thus strengthening the state’s strategy for localization and export. The opening ceremony was attended by Eng. Ramzy Moustafa- AC Executive Board Member and Head of Suez Canal and Sinai Sector, Eng. Ashraf Ezzat – Manager of Suez Canal Branch, and Eng. Abdullah Boghdadi - Deputy Branch Manager. Then, the Prime Minister and his entourage listened to an explanation of the panels by Eng. Ahmed Moawad - the Project Manager, who explored in detail the components of the plant and the technical capabilities of the water tanks unit and the purification unit located in the plant. He pointed out that the purification unit has a capacity of 200 liters/second, and there are also calming tanks, condensers, drying basins, a chlorine disposal building, and a sludge pumping area, in addition to several other buildings, including transformers, a filtered water lifting station, filtered water tanks with a capacity of 12,500 m3, a turbid water lifting station, turbid water tanks with a capacity of 8,000 m3, and other buildings in the plant. Mr. Walid Gamal El Din declared that the design capacity of the first phase of the water plant is 35,000 m3/day. The plant includes a water purification unit, tanks, and administrative buildings. The first phase of the turbid water intake has been implemented with a capacity of 35,000 m3/ day, at a total cost exceeding EGP 475.8 million. The Head of the General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Zone added that the inaugurated utility stations were designed to have future phases and expansions, enabling them to double their capacity to serve more industrial projects targeted for attraction in the coming period. This places Qantara West on the map of promising regional industrial centers. He explained that work is ongoing to expand the water plant in the second phase, its total production capacity reaching up to 70,000 m3/day, with a total area of 22,500 m2. The estimated cost of the second phase of the plant is EGP 905 million approximately. The turbid water intake also includes future expansions with an additional capacity of 35,apprm3/ day, to reach a total capacity 70,000 m3/ day.