“Raising Awareness: The Crisis of Water Waste in Egyptian Car Washes and Streets”

2023-04-22 16:00:00

06:00 PM

Saturday, April 22, 2023

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(Masrawy):
Dr. Ayman Mohseb, a member of the House of Representatives, submitted a briefing request to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, regarding the waste of more than 1.5 million cubic liters of fresh water per day in car washes and the absence of oversight by neighborhoods, indicating that at a time when all countries of the world are seeking to rationalize Consuming water and searching for ways to prevent its waste and enhance its water resources. Egypt is facing a major crisis in wasting water without taking into account the conditions the world is facing due to the scarcity of fresh water.

Mohseb said in a statement that all aspects of life in Egypt involve a waste of water, starting with petrol stations and car washes that are spread in most of Egypt’s streets, all the way to wasteful street spraying, which needs to raise citizens’ awareness of the importance of preserving water, from Through a wide awareness campaign broadcasted through all media to educate people regarding the importance of rationalizing water, and the dangers that threaten us if waste continues at these high rates.

The member of the House of Representatives indicated that it is estimated that there is a daily loss of more than 1.5 million cubic liters of drinking water in washing cars and spraying streets, which reflects a failure on the part of neighborhood officials in monitoring the streets, monitoring abuses and issuing reports of wasting water in order to implement The law, in addition to encouraging car washes to use environmentally friendly tools that reduce water waste and reuse it once more to ensure the sustainability of the resource.

He called for a review of the procedures for control and accounting, which are through water consumption meters and to ensure their efficiency, as they are usually not suitable for accounting, which makes the estimates come unreflective of reality, and the use of new ways to install water equipment “faucets” in a way that makes them close at specific periods. automatically to rationalize consumption.


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