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Irrigation Project to Contribute to the Greening of Deserts in Egypt |
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March 2003 |
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AUTHORS |
| Seiichi Ishikawa |
Overseas Pump Engineering Center, Social Infrastructure Div., Hitachi Industries Co., Ltd. |
| Yutaka Kuroiwa |
Public Facility Systems Dept., Public & Municipal Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Hidenori Sanuki |
Information Systems Dept., Public & Municipal Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, Hitachi, Ltd. |
| Kiyoshi Oka |
Power Electric Machine Design Dept., Generator System Div., Power & Industrial Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, Hitachi, Ltd. |
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OVERVIEW |
In the Arab Republic of Egypt, since ancient times, the population has concentrated around the Nile River basin, which accounts for about 4% of the country's total area.
The population increased rapidly during the 20th century, however, and in response the Egyptian government has embarked on large scale horizontal expansion projects since around the 1950's.
Planning to increase habitable land a comprehensive scheme for developing desert areas was put into motion.
In 1997, President Mubarak initiated a ?20-year National Development Plan,? according to which existing farmland would be increased to 4.75 million acres and the population distributed throughout the country by 2017, when the total population is expected to reach 80 million.
The Toshka Development Plan, which represents the central theme of this project, involves converting some 225,000 ha of desert(roughly the same area as that of Metropolitan Tokyo) into farmland, and establishing three million persons as permanent residents in that area.
The Toshka Plan also involves the construction of a total of 240 km of irrigation waterways and a huge pump station.
In September 1997, the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Mechanical and Electrical Department, the Arab Republic of Egypt, put out a call for proposal-style bids for the design and construction of this pump station.
Out of six groups that responded to the bid, the participating Hitachi Group was successful in receiving the order.
Hitachi is in charge of mechanical and electrical systems design for the pump station, as well as supplying equipment, and thus will play an essential role in the pump station construction plan by taking advantage of its experience in the implementation of large-capacity high-lift pumps.
One of the basic design elements is the effective use of space in the pump station.
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pump, Mubarak pumping station, desert cultivation, irrigation
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