The Ministry of Housing, Utilities, Urban Communities has finalized 100 rural sanitation and water projects to serve around 53,000 residential units across 18 governorates, Invest-Gate reports.

Around 20 additional projects will be finalized by then end of this month serving 25,000 residential units, as well as 25 projects to be finalized next June, Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly mentioned a released statement.

The water and the rural sanitation projects spread across several governorates, including Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, South Sinai, Damietta, Dakhlia, Beheira, Kafr El Sheikh, Moneufiya, Assiut, Red Sea, New Valley, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, and Aswan.