Damietta Environment Profile

Sector Liquid W astes Air Emissions 1) Spinning, Wet operations produce Fibers and dust may weaving and wastewater that is originate during cotton finishing characterized with high spinning values of BOD and COD 2) Knitting No wastewater (i.e. dry No air pollution (i.e. dry Operations operation) operation) No air pollution (i.e. dry 3) Other Textile No wastewater (i.e. dry operation) Industries operation) No air pollution (i.e. dry operation) Basic metals No wastewater (i.e. dry manufacturing operation) -Heavy black smoke from the boilers unit. LARGE INDUSTRIES -W astewater without treatment Misr Dairy (480 m3/day). -High cotton dust -Mainly whey and other concentration in the wastes. workplace. W hey BOD 25000-3000 mg/L -Great amount of smoke i Other wastes BOD 300 mg/L released to the air daily TDS 1500-2000 mg/L (because of mazot usage PH 4.5-6.5 -Emissions of CO2, CO, a NO, (Generally within the Not Applicable limits). Damietta for Spinning and weaving Edfina for food -30-40 m3 of water per ton of industries fish processed. -High organic loads. -High levels of oil and grease. Damietta Environmental Profile

SEAM Programme Solid W aste Environmental/Health Impact Generated solid waste includes fabric and yarn scrap Air emissions could cause respiratory system problems y Generated solid waste includes threads No health hazard involved and fibers y Generated solid waste includes threads, No health hazard involved pieces of textiles and paper y Generated solid waste includes metallic No health hazard involved scrap m -Solid waste accumulation in the form of -Air Pollution. scrap and dissolved material. -Pollution of the Sayala drain. -Health effects on the is Not Applicable employees because of the steam leaks. e). -Accumulation of scrap and discarded -Possible effects on the marine and material. life if available. e -W orkers suffer from high dust concentration. -Pollution of the nile W ater. -Affect fish and other aquatic organisms. -High sound levels can cause Page 185

Sector Liquid W astes Air Emissions No Problem. Helb Pesticides -High loads of caustic soda. and Chemicals -This untreated wastewater is Company released to the Nile. Egyptian American No Problem. Company for Dyeing and -Liquid waste loaded with -Volatile Organic Printing and BOD, COD, TSS, toxic Compounds (VOCs). Preparation – substances, and heavy metals. TAG Damietta thermal - Cooling water to the Nile. - Mainly NOx and CO. power station - Some debate concerning the - W ithin the acceptable (Kafr Al-Batikh) temperture of the cooling limits. water. Misr Dairy - Liquid waste disposal from -Heavy black smoke from the water treatment plant to a the boilers unit. Damietta for close by drain. Spinning and -High cotton dust weaving -W astewater without treatment concentration in the (480 m3/day). workplace. -Mainly whey and other wastes. W hey BOD 25000-3000 mg/L Other wastes BOD 300 mg/L TDS 1500-2000 mg/L PH 4.5-6.5 Not Applicable Damietta Environmental Profile

Solid W aste SEAM Programme Not Applicable. - Problem in the disposal of solid waste. Environmental/Health Impact Not Applicable deafness on the long run. m -Solid waste accumulation in the form of No Problem scrap and dissolved material. - Depends on the type of Not Applicable VOCs, but in most cases VOCs can cause severe health effects. - Depends on the temperature of the cooling water. -Air Pollution. -Pollution of the Sayala drain. -Health effects on the employees because of the steam leaks. -Possible effects on the marine life if available. -W orkers suffer from high dust concentration. Page 186

Sector Liquid W astes Air Emissions Edfina for food -30-40 m3 of water per ton of -Great amount of smoke i industries fish processed. released to the air daily -High organic loads. (because of mazot usage -High levels of oil and grease. -High loads of caustic soda. -Emissions of CO2, CO, a -This untreated wastewater is NO, (Generally within the released to the Nile. limits). Damietta Environmental Profile

is Solid W aste SEAM Programme e). -Accumulation of scrap and discarded Environmental/Health and material. Impact e -Pollution of the nile W ater. -Affect fish and other aquatic organisms. -High sound levels can cause deafness on the long run. Page 187

16. ANNEXURE C: CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES Table.16-1: Cultural Heritage Sites in Damietta Governorate Site Site Markaz/ Id Name Size Qism Name 001 Abu el-Maati Mosque Dumyat City 002 El-Madbuli Mosque Dumyat City 003 Zawiyet el-Radwaniya Dumyat City 004 El-Bahr Mosque Dumyat City 005 El-Moeni Mosque Dumyat City 006 Church of St. Nicholas Dumyat City 007 Church of Holy Virgin Dumyat City 008 Ottoman Building Dumyat City 009 Church of St. George Dumyat City 010 W ekalet W aqf el-Aqbat Dumyat City 011 El-Badr Mosque Dumyat City 012 El-Sheha Mausoleum Dumyat City 013 El-Qantara Bath Dumyat City 014 Sabil Abu Tassat Dumyat City 015 Oraby Castle Ezbet el-Borg, 016 El-Hadidi Mosque Fariskur City 017 Great Mosque Fariskur City 018 Zawiyet el-Ansari Fariskur City 019 Dome Hassan el-Diasty Fariskur City 020 Dome el-Husseiny Fariskur City 021 Tell el-Ghuzz c. 8 feddans Fariskur 022 Tell el-Arab (a) c. 15 feddans Fariskur Tell el-Arab (b) Fariskur Damietta Environmental Profile

SEAM Programme CAPMAS X coordinates Y coordinates Type Code decimal degrees decimal degrees or dd.mmss or dd.mmss I 1101 I 1101 31o 25.376’ 31o 48.960’ I 1101 31o 25.522’ 31o 48.346’ I 1101 31o 25.102’ 31o 48.569’ I 1101 31o 25.160’ 31o 48.536’ C 1101 31o 24.837’ 31o 48.623’ C 1101 31o 24.751’ 31o 48.648’ O 1101 31o 24.782’ 31o 48.574’ C 1101 31o 24.837’ 31o 48.593’ C 1101 31o 25.308’ 31o 48.521’ I 1101 31o 25’ 31o 48’ I 1101 31o 25’ 31o 48’ O 1101 31o 25’ 31o 48’ I 1101 31o 25’ 31o 48’ M 110201 31o 25’ 31o 48’ I 1103 31o 29.981’ 31o 50.107’ I 1103 31o 19.874’ 31o 47.659’ I 1103 31o 19’ 31o 47’ I 1103 31o 19’ 31o 47’ I 1103 31o 19’ 31o 47’ R 1103 31o 19’ 31o 47’ R 1103 31o 15.044’ 31o 45.538’ R 1103 31o 14.869’ 31o 45.701’ 31o 14.905’ 31o 45.823’ Page 188

Site Site Markaz/ Id Name Size Qism Name 023 Tell Burashiya c. 13 feddans Fariskur 024 Tell Ibwan c. 27 feddans Fariskur 025 Tell Naggarein c. 15 feddans Fariskur 026 Tell Shawaqfa c. 10 feddans Fariskur 027 Tell Dabalun c. 30 feddans Fariskur 028 Tell Zawiya c. 12 feddans Fariskur 029 Tell El-Deir c. 8 feddans Kafr Sa’ad 030 Kom el-Ahmar c. 3 feddans Kafr Sa’ad 031 Tell el-Mahgara c. 1.5 feddans Kafr Sa’ad 032* Kom el-Hammamat Kafr Sa’ad/Bilqas c. 44 feddans 033 034 Kafr el-Miasra Mosque El-Zarq 035 Kom el-Dahab c. 40 feddans Lake Manzala Tell Sheikh Farid Lake Manzala 036** c. 1.5 feddans Tell Bukhseikha Lake Manzala * Most of this site is now in Daqahliya Governorate, Markaz B ** This site in Lake Manzala was not visited, but is understood Key to Types: R = Roman (30 BC – AD 400); C = Christian (2 M = Medieval (11th – 15th century AD; O = Ottoman (18th – 19 Damietta Environmental Profile

SEAM Programme CAPMAS X coordinates Y coordinates Type Code decimal degrees decimal degrees or dd.mmss or dd.mmss R, I 110303 R 1103 31o 14.489’ 31o 45.264’ R 110315 31o 20.073’ 31o 47.311’ R 1103 31o 19.854’ 31o 47.659’ R 1103 31o 19.708’ 31o 47.734’ R 1103 31o 17.216’ 31o 47.553’ 31o 17.324’ 31o 50.213’ R 1104 R 1104 31o 25.563’ 31o 41.581’ R 1104 31o 24.401’ 31o 32.454’ R 31o 24.486’ 31o 34.667’ 110701 31o 26.643’ 31o 28.162’ I R, I 31o 18.745 31o 49.668 R 31o 20.458’ 31o 54.162’ Bilqas, and a small part in Dumyat Governorate, Markaz Kafr Sa’ad to be some distance northeast of Damietta. 2nd century AD onwards); I = Islamic (AD 641 onwards); 9th century AD. Page 189