This report has been prepared following a mission to the Republic of Egypt from 26 May to 19 June 2004. The study was carried out by IPTRID/FAO and supported by DFID, FAO-RNE, HR Wallingford Ltd, UK, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation in Egypt and the World Bank. Special thanks are expressed to Dr Safwat Abdel-Dayem, Senior Drainage Advisor to the World Bank, Mr Abdellatif Tabet, FAO Representative in Egypt, and to Dr Hussein El-Atfy, Head of Sector, Minister's Technical Office for their invaluable support to this study.
The team was composed of the following members:
International
Mr Wilfried Hundertmark (Team Leader/Senior Water Management
Specialist, IPTRID)
Mr Jan Hoevenaars (Natural Resources Management
Specialist, Consultant)
Mr Roel Slootweg (Ecologist, Consultant)
Ms
Waltina Scheumann (Institutional Specialist, Consultant)
Mr Geoff Pearce
(Water Quality and Water Reuse Expert, HR Wallingford)
Mr Maher Salman
(Irrigation and Drainage Expert, IPTRID)
National
Mr Tarek Kotb (National Project Coordinator, MWRI)
Mr
Hussam Fahmy (Water Resources Management Specialist, DRI)
Mr Assma Omar El
Bilassi (Socio-economist, DRI Consultant)
Mr Mohamed Sultan (Socio-economist,
DRI Consultant)
Mr Ashraf El-Sayed Ismail (Water Quality Expert,
DRI)
