Pipeline To Carry Water From Turkey To Northern Cyprus

Jo Valentine


Joined: 10/02/2008
Posts: 508

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 10:22

80-km Submarine Pipeline To Carry Water From Turkey To Northern Cyprus

Published: 8/17/2008 Turkish Press

ANAMUR - Turkey will build a dam on a creek in the Mediterranean region to carry fresh water to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) through a 80-kilometers submarine pipeline.

The Alakopru Dam will be constructed on Dragon Creek in Anamur town of the Mediterranean province of Mersin and is planned to be completed within three years once the construction works are started.



The project aims to pump 75 million cubic meters of water yearly to the island, 15 of which will be used as drinking water and the rest for irrigation.



Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said project design works would be finalized next year.



"This project will be implemented to help TRNC fight drought and carry out irrigated farming," Tuzmen said.



Turkey first started the project in 1998 to build a dam on Dragon Creek and Turkish construction company Alarko was contracted for the project. A memorandum of understanding was signed by Turkish State Hydraulic Works and Alarko in 2005.



The project will bring water to the island from Alakopru Dam through a 80-kilometers submarine pipeline to be installed 120 meters deep in the Mediterranean Sea.



Turkish Cypriot people, cultivating their land by means of dry farming for years, will now be able to carry out irrigated farming, officials said.

matula


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 647

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 15:05

Two months after d-day 1944 the allies were pumping fuel across the English Channel to Cherbourg (a distance of 70 nautical miles) Makes you think doesn't it!?

david123


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 393

Message Posted:
19/08/2008 18:18

Hi Jo,



very good to hear, hopefully it will help with farming etc such as crops.



David

McSteviet



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1089

Message Posted:
20/08/2008 08:58

This idea has been floating aound for years.



If they really wanted to do this, they would have started by now.



Suspect Turkey is waiting to find out what happens in the talks to unify the Island before they decide how much to charge for the project or the water they export.



MC

colly


Joined: 31/07/2008
Posts: 297

Message Posted:
20/08/2008 09:59

http://www.combinedops.com/pluto.htm



For the techies. Took them 10 hours to lay the pipe but a bit longer to get it up the beach. If I remember correctly there still is a plaque at the Shanklin lift which is where the pipeline started across to France.

Col

RedSnapper


Joined: 12/08/2008
Posts: 540

Message Posted:
31/08/2008 13:52

maybe a secondary pipeline to carry fuel/fuel oils to attempt to keep the price of these important commodaties down and available to a "reasonable" cost in the future. surely some billionaire oil/gas giant could fund this. also maybe a similar installation from the mainland to ensure the safe supply of another vital resource-efes.