Libya weighs up its water supply options
- From: Vol 11, Issue 4 (April 2010)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Libya
- Related Companies: General Desalination Company and General Water Authority
Libya is facing a water supply deficit of 11 million m3/d by 2025. Adam Heffill reports from Tripoli on how the government plans to meet the challenge.
Ruins of Roman dams close to Tripoli allude to Libya’s former status as the breadbasket of the Roman Empire. The more modest agricultural output of modern-day Libya hinges on the supply of groundwater from the Great Manmade River (GMMR), rather than on surface water resources. The transmission scheme is on course to reach a flow rate of 3 million ...
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