Egypt - Hundreds of Tons of Diesel Fuel Spills into the Nile

[sharon sanders]

<table class="contentpaneopen" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;"><tbody><tr><td class="contentheading" width="100%"> Environmental disaster in the Nile River in front of Kafr height Helwan </td><td class="buttonheading" align="right" width="100%"> </td><td class="buttonheading" align="right" width="100%"> </td></tr></tbody></table><table class="contentpaneopen" style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="createdate" valign="top"> 15/07/2008 </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top">

تسرب مئات الأطنان من المازوت بسبب تآكل خط مصانع مسطرد ـ التبين..​

Leaking hundreds of tons of diesel because of the erosion of the line of factories Mstrd identification ..

وإغلاق محطة مياه شمال حلوان ــ التبين لمدة 3 أيام​

The closure of water station north of Helwan identification for 3 days

المصريون سوف يشربون مياها ملوثة لعدة أسابيع قد تمتد إلي شهور.. وخبير بالمركز القومي للبحوث: المياه الملوثة تؤدي للإصابة بالفشل الكلوي والسرطان​

The Egyptians will drink contaminated water for several weeks could extend to months .. and a National Center for Research: water contaminated with lead to infection kidney failure and cancer

كتب: ياسر عبدالهادي - خالد وربي - منصور جمال الدين - رامز صبحي​

Books: Yasser Abdel - Khalid, my Lord - Jamal Mansour religion - Ramiz Subhi

أدي تآكل أنابيب خط إمداد مصانع التبين بمنطقة كفر العلو إلي تسرب مئات الأطنان من المازوت إلي نهر النيل بمحافظة حلوان.​

The erosion of pipeline supplying factories identification area of Kafr height to the infiltration of hundreds of tons of diesel oil into the River Nile Province Helwan.

حدث التسرب في خط أنابيب مسطرد- التبين، واتخذ المازوت مساراً أشبه بمخر سيل، وصولاً إلي النيل، حيث أحدث بقعة كبيرة وسط المياه، اكتشفها المسئولون في الساعات الأولي من صباح أمس.​

Leakage occurred in the pipeline Mstrd - identification, and took the diesel path like spillways Sale, to reach the Nile, where the latest spot amid great water, officials discovered in the early hours of yesterday morning.

انتقل إلي موقع الحادث المهندس ماجد جورج، وزير البيئة، وعدد من قيادات محافظة حلوان وشرطة المسطحات المائية، وحاولت 25 سيارة شفط أطنان المازوت من مجري السيل لوقف تسربها إلي النيل، بعد أن استمر تدفقها أكثر من 10 ساعات، كما تم إغلاق الخط من مسطرد، والتعامل مع البقعة التي وصلت إلي النهر لمسافة 500 متر.​

Turning to the accident site engineer Majid George, Minister of the Environment, and a number of leaders maintain Helwan police and bodies of water, and tried to draw a car 25 tons of diesel oil from the riverbed to stop leaks to the Nile, after the continued flow of more than 10 hours, as the line was closed from Mstrd, And dealing with the spot, which reached the river for a distance of 500 metres.

وقال الدكتور أحمد علي، رئيس الوحدة الاستشارية بهيئة المياه وأستاذ تلوث المياه بالمركز القومي للبحوث: ?إن ما حدث كارثة لأن محطات معالجة المياه غير قادرة علي إزالة أو معالجة الهيدروكربونات، وهي من المواد المسرطنة ومن الصعب إزالتها، بل إنها سوف تنتشر في محافظات أخري حتي تصل إلي الإسكندرية وإذا تفاعلت تلك المواد مع الكلور سوف ينتج عنها مواد عضوية تصيب الإنسان بالسرطان، رغم أنها في حد ذاتها مواد مسرطنة تصيب بالفشل الكلوي والعديد من الأمراض السرطانية، وهو ما يعني أن المصريين سوف يشربون مياهاً ملوثة لعدة أسابيع قد تمتد إلي شهور.​

He said Dr Ahmed Ali, Chairman of the Advisory Unit Water Authority and professor of water pollution, the National Center for Research: ?What happened a catastrophe because the water treatment plants are unable to remove or deal with hydrocarbons, which are carcinogenic substances is difficult to remove, but it will be deployed in other provinces so Up to Alexandria and if those articles had interacted with chlorine will result in organic materials that cause cancer to human, although it is in itself carcinogenic substances affect kidney failure and many diseases, cancer, which means that the Egyptians will drink contaminated water for several weeks could extend to months.

من جانبه، قال أشرف علي، مدير شئون حلوان، إنه سيتم إغلاق محطة مياه شمال حلوان- التبين لمدة ثلاثة أيام، لحين قيام وزارة الري ولجنة حماية النيل بشفط المازوت من النيل.​

For his part, Ashraf Ali, Director of Helwan, would be closed as water station north of Helwan - identification for three days, until the Ministry of Irrigation and the Committee for Protection of the Nile suction of fuel oil from the Nile.

وعن أسباب انفجار ماسورة الخط الثانوي قال: ?لا أستطيع تحديد الأسباب?.​

And the pipe line explosion causes secondary said: ?I can not determine the reasons?.

وأضاف أن حجم الخسائر لا يمكن تقديره الآن.​

He added that the magnitude of loss can not be appreciated now.

وقال د.​

He said d.

محمود أبوزيد وزير الموارد المائية والري لـ ?البديل? إن الوزارة أنشأت سدودا لمنع تسرب المازوت إلي مناطق أخري.​

Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources told ?Alternative? that the ministry has established dams to prevent the leakage of diesel to other regions.

وقال أبوزيد إن مواسير وزارة البترول متهالكة وقديمة​

Abu-Zeid said that the Ministry of Petroleum and pipes are outdated and old

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[Sally Furniss]

Re: Egypt - Hundreds of Tons of Diesel Fuel Spills into the Nile

An oil spill was discovered floating on the Nile River last Monday near Manial and Helwan, causing three water refineries to suspend their operations, authorities said. The spill, scattered in different parts, was the result of a leak when the National Petroleum Pipelines tried to separate an unused pipeline from one currently in use, said a senior member of the Helwan Cement Company who spoke to Daily News Egypt on condition of anonymity. He said that the leaked oil was first channeled to an inland waterway reserved to absorb rain water. However, when a water refinery in Kafr El Elw, Helwan, poured water into the waterway, the level of the oil-stained water rose, overflowing in the Nile, he added. Various local newspapers reported that the oil spill was spotted in many parts along the Nile. When the oil spill was discovered, the waterway was closed to prevent the oil from spilling into the Nile, after which the National Petroleum Pipelines intervened to drain water from the place. State Minister for Environmental Affairs Maged George said that the oil spot remained in Helwan and spread along 2 km. The minister said chemicals were used to dissolve it, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported. Sabry Wahbi, from the National Research Center, told Daily News Egypt that the oil spill would take up to one month to dissolve and that analysis shows high water pollution in the affected areas.

The dissolution of the spill depends on its size, the water cycle, and the existence of living bacteria that can break up oil chemicals. Wahbi said both the color and smell of water have changed, which is likely to affect the living organisms in the Nile. Most Egyptians acquire their daily water consumption from the Nile, and the spill has now made the water in many areas undrinkable, possibly even after refinement. Wahbi said the size of the oil spill is worrisome, adding that this is the first of its kind in the Nile and that the wind could help spread the spill to other areas. In a statement released to the press late Tuesday, the Helwan Cement Company said, ?With reference to the false news reported July 15 by the local newspapers regarding the damage that occurred in the fuel oil pipeline on July 13, Helwan Cement Company (HCC) would like to clarify that the pipeline, which is 600 meters away from the plant, does not belong to the company and that the company is not, by any means, responsible of this accident. ?However, as a responsible corporation, the Helwan Cement plant has supported local authorities in cleaning up the area of Kafr El Elw by providing them with pumps, trucks and fire-fighting equipment. ?In addition, despite what has been stated, no worker of Helwan Cement Company was involved in the cleaning activity.?

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