From the Daily News Egypt…

Drinking water in some of the villages in Mahalla El-Kobra was found unfit for human consumption due to high levels of minerals and chloride, according to a report by the chemical and bacteriological labs at the Ministry of Health.
The findings are some of several released by the Ministry of Health, according to local reports, saying that drinking water does not meet minimum standards because of high percentages of calcium, magnesium, iron, chloride, salt and sulphur.
Daily News Egypt was unable to reach the Ministry of Health to confirm they released the report.
The local council discussed issues raised by members Mostafa Hamouda and Talaat Ashour regarding the quality of potable water in the villages of Al-Kamaliya, Kafr Feyala, Kafr Hegazy, Shubrababel and Saft Torab — where 200,000 residents are at risk of kidney failure.