Menoufia Water: Implementing awareness activities at the American School in Shibin El Kom.
Eng. Rushdi Al-Sayed Omar, Chairman of the Menoufia Drinking Water and Wastewater Company, stressed that preserving water is a religious and national duty, and that spreading water awareness among school students helps in establishing the principles of preserving drinking water and teaching them correct behaviors, water conservation, and optimal use of sewage networks.
He pointed out that within the framework of the New Beginning Initiative to Build the Egyptian Person launched by the President of the Republic and in cooperation with the Education Directorate, a number of awareness activities were implemented regarding rationalizing water consumption and optimal use of sewage networks at the American School in Shebin El-Kom.
He added that a number of interactive awareness activities were implemented for the school students, including awareness seminars, art competitions, drawing and colouring activities for students, face painting and forming a water family.
He added, interactive games were implemented for students, energy-saving parts were installed, plumbing was repaired, a light plumbing workshop was implemented for students, awareness videos were played about the importance of water, in addition to giving important instructions about water during the morning assembly.
He added that secondary school students were introduced to the stages of water purification and the most important modern technologies through which water is provided in homes, the return that accrues to the state, families and individuals from providing water and its optimal use, maintaining sewage networks in homes and the efforts made by the state to provide a clean cup of water to all citizens.