Menoufia Water: 9,000 secret water and sewage connections were seized during the first half of 2024.
Dr. Engineer Mohamed Naguib Saleh, head of the Menoufia Water and Sanitation Company, explained that the company is making a great effort to reduce waste and confront hidden connections, by purchasing new meters, replacing broken ones, installing prepaid meters, allowing code meters, and expanding committees. Stealths and increasing their number, replacement and renewal within the limits of available financial capabilities, expanding programs to detect leakage and reduce DMA loss, in addition to producing advertising materials to educate citizens about rationalizing water consumption.
He added, the commercial sector was able, through the Inspection, Follow-up and Stealth Department, to seize 9,100 illegal “stealth” water and sewage connections, which some resort to for not following the legal procedures for connection, or for stealing water, or for benefiting from the sewage service without paying any dues and in application of the principle of justice. In order for subscribers to obtain all services legally.
He pointed out that legal measures were taken against the violators, temporary code meters were installed for 5,264 water connections, records were issued for 1,553, reconciliation was made for 1,759 sewage connections, and reports were made for 523.
He stressed the company's constant keenness to preserve its dues and prevent infringements on the water facility in order to achieve the state's goals of benefiting from every drop of water, and that these violations place a heavy burden on the company, drain its energy and resources, deprive other citizens of their access to services, and negatively affect the calculation of the amount of water used and the calculation of losses. And unaccounted for wasted water.
