6B 817 (2.) Water Supplies and Drainage. (a.) Water Supplies.

The following table shows tbe various water supply systems in existence throughout the country Town. Type of Installation. Source of Supply. Output (approximate).

Filtered water supplies— Cairo Giza iMe’adi ..

lexandria Port Said .. Suez Isinailia Mausura ..

JJamauhour Damietta .. Zagazig .. Bella Beui-Souef.. _ Well-water supplies— Zoitun Heliopolis.. Assiout Taiita Minuf Kafr-el-Zaiyat Luxor Taiita Zifta Mit-Ghamr Unfiltored water supplies-Assouan .. Keiia Girga .. .. Sohag Maiifalut .. Mellawi .. Miiiia Fayoura .. Ilelwan .. Bilbeis Shibin-el-Kom Rosetta Edfu Akluiiim .. Tala Beba Melialla-el-Kobra .. Manzala ..

Jewell Slow sand Mechanical Jewell Puech-Ohabal Jewell River JSile Canal )) )) J* 11 11 1) 11 River Nile Wells ..

11 • • 11 • • 5) • • 11 • • 11 • • 3 stations—2 from Nile and 1 from artesian well *V\elIs •• • • • * River Nila Well (artesian) and canal Canal ..

River Nile Canal River, until river is sudded then storage water only River Nile • f Canal Canal and artesian well Canal Reservoir holding 12,500 cubic metres of unfiltored canal water and a small engine with 4 in. pump Cubic metres per day.

60,000 1,740 250 50,000 6,000 2,800 2,000 3.000 1,100 1,100 2.000 700 1,000 2,500 2,000 2,500 3.000 400 260 360 450 I 360 360 850 760 450 840 300 265 1.000 400 1,220 250 300 130 150 • « 40 40 150 } (b.) Drainage.

Cairo.—The disposal works and sewage farm were completed at the end of 1914. Since then a gradual scheme has been worked out extending the system of sewerage to the various quarters of the city. All the public buildings and a very large number of private houses have now been connected. The c6nnections are being pushed on as rapidly as the supply of material will admit.

Port Said.—The disposal works and sewage farm were completed in 1917. The connections of all public buildings and a good many private houses are finished, but lately it is reported that there has been a falling off in the demands for connection. A drainage law making connection compulsory is badly needed at Port Said.

Suez.—A scheme lor drainage of the town has been approved and the necessary financial grant sanctioned. The scheme consists of liquefying tanks and streaming House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online. Copyright (c) 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved.