Facing up to the future
- From: Vol 7, Issue 3 (March 2006)
- Category: General
- Region: Africa
- Country: Libya
- Related Companies: Al Nahr Co, Brown and Root, Doosan Heavy Industries, Sidem, SNC Lavalin, Tekfen, Veolia and Weir Entropie
Libya’s water industry is not quite at a crossroads but the time is rapidly approaching when strategic decisions will need to be taken to safeguard supplies. This is likely to herald new opportunities for contractors and suppliers.
At first glance, Libya’s showpiece Great Manmade River (GMR) project, which was started in the 1980s and has the potential to deliver 6.5 million m3/d when it is fully operational, goes a considerable way to satisfying the country’s demand for water.
Comprising thousands of kilometres of concrete pipelines which bring water from wellfields in the ...
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