Sustainable management of sewage farming is one of the major challenges that Egypt had to deal with in the coming few decades and beyond, as it represents one of the vital environmental issue at political, technical and research levels as well. Sewage farming is a centuries-old practice in Egypt that is now receiving a renewed attention. It started in a desert area east Cairo (El-Gabal El Asfer) since 1930 and extended as time goes on to cover vast areas all over the country. Egypt gained an extensive experience in sewage faring along these decades. The current review article explore this experience gained in the major sewage farms in Egypt located at El-Gabal Al-Asfer, Abu-Rawash and El-Saff, in addition to the current situation of existing lumber forests and sewage farming legislations applied in Egypt.

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