Grand Barrages and Reservoirs Sector

Responsibilities

- Designing and executing all the new hydraulic projects on the main water channels.
- Monitoring and maintaining all the water structures

Achievements

- Construction of new Esna barrage and a power project
- Construction of Nag Hammadi navigation lock
- Construction of Damietta dam, spillway and navigation lock.
- Rehabilitation of Shubrabus regulator
- Executing Wadi El Rayan Project.

Future Plans

- Rehabilitation of El Menoufy rayah head regulator.
- Rehabilitation of El Towfiki rayah head regulator and the power project.
- Construction of new Nag Hammadi barrage and a power project.
- Rehabilitation of El Abbassy rayah head regulator
- Construction of additional navigation lock in Esna.
- Feasibility study of Assuit barrages.
- Improvement of Delta barrages.
- Rehabilitation of Bahr Youssef group regulators.

Structure

The Sector consists of the following central departments:

- Reservoirs and Grand Barrages Projects Central Department
-Studies and Specifications Central Department.
- Buildings and Utilities Central Department.