Red Sea water company is fitting 100 storm-water drains in Hurghada streets
The company says the drains are meant to stop water pooling on the roads. Worn water mains are being replaced at the same time in El Alam, Abu Ashara and several Mubarak housing blocks.
5 November 2026
The Red Sea Drinking Water and Wastewater Company is fitting 100 storm-water drains in Hurghada's streets, work it lists among its current projects to improve rainwater drainage and reduce pooling on the roads.
Worn water lines and house connections are being replaced at the same time in several Hurghada housing areas:
- El Alam, which has 50 apartment blocks
- Abu Ashara, including El Mumayaz and the Housing Bank blocks
- the Mubarak (5) blocks and their extension, the Mubarak (11) blocks and the Star blocks north of the districts
Other work under way connects drinking water and sewerage to a 20-block housing project in the El Badari area and completes the water network for Taqsim El Nour. In El Quseir, the company is renewing water valve chambers and sewage manholes.
Two Hurghada jobs are listed as finished: the sewage network for the wholesale services complex, and water and sewage connections to the blocks for women who are their family's breadwinners, on Nagda road.
No completion dates or costs were given for the work still under way.