Research carried out on the River Nile has shown that 10% of sewage from hotels (on boats and ships) is released directly into the river. Dumping of heavy metals form factories is another contributing factor to the poor water quality. Apparently, this is harmless due to the flow of the river. The amount of polluted water ingested by Egyptians citizens is hard to deal with, as there is currently nothing the environment ministry is able to do. Since there are tons of farms in Egypt, they all use unsanitary water to grow crops - these crops are then get eaten by people who consequently get diseases and can spread them to others. Such diseases include cholera, typhoid and schistosoma – parasitic flatworms responsible for a highly significant group
