PIPING UP
- From: Vol 9, Issue 8 (August 2008)
- Category: Need to know
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Cyprus
* Israel’s on-off plan to import water from Turkey took a step forward at the end of July, with Israel’s Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer provisionally signing up to buy 2.1 million m3/d of water from Turkey at a meeting in Ankara.
There is still a further feasibility study before the plan goes ahead, but the initial studies suggest it is economically feasible – as long as gas and electricity lines are laid alongside the water pipe.
* Across the Mediterranean, Cyprus has been having problems importing water from Greece. Last month, the first tanker arrived but found that the pipeline was too short ...
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