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Great Man-Made River
Students: Jaime Salazar
Cristobal Morales
Date: November 9, 2015
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Introduction
• Is a network of pipes that supplies water to the Sahara Dessert in Libya, from the Nubian sandstone aquifer system.
• It is the world's largest irrigation project (2,820 kilometres )
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Muammar Gaddafi said: “The Great Great Man-Made River is the eighth Wonder of the world”
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Plan of the network pipes
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Some Numbers
• 1300 wells (most of them more than 500 m deep)
• 6,500,000 m3 of fresh water per day to the cities of Tripoli, Benghazi and Sirte.
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The cost
25,000 millions US$
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• 3 October 1983: The General People's Congress held an extraordinary session to draft the resolutions of the basic people's Congresses, which decided to fund and execute the Great Man-Made River Project.
• 28 August 1984: Muammar Gaddafi laid the foundation stone in Sarirarea for the commencement of the construction of the Great Man-Made River Project.
The timeline
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• 28 August 1986: Muammar Gaddafi inaugurated the Brega plant for the production of the pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipes, which are considered the largest pipes made with pre-stressed steel wire (the majority of steel wire was made in Italy by the Redaelli Tecna S.p.A. company). The Sarir plant was also inaugurated on this date.
• 26 August 1989: Muammar Gaddafi laid the foundation stone for phase two of the Great Man-Made River Project.
The timeline
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• 11 September 1989: to Ajdabiya reservoir.
• 28 September 1989: to Grand Omar Muktar reservoir.
• 4 September 1991: to Ghardabiya reservoir.
• 28 August 1996: to Tripoli.
• 28 September 2007: to Gharyan
Water arrivals
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In 2015, after the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the Islamic State jihadists control center Sirte, the hometown of deposed Libyan leader and the seaport and the nearby resort of Grand River Artificial.
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Great Man-Made River
Students: Jaime Salazar
Cristobal Morales
Date: November 9, 2015