By 1998 about 1,100 water user associations had been formed and systems irrigating 129,000 feddan had been modernized.
بحلول عام 1998 كان قد تم تشكيل حوالي 1,100 جمعية لمستخدمي المياه وتم تحديث أنظمة ري 129,000 فدان.