Great Man Made River  -  لــنهر الصــناعي العظـــيم

ABOUT - The Great Man Made River (GMMR)

The authority has been entrusted with the implementation and operation of the worlds largest pre-stressed concrete pipe project -The Great Man- Made River Project (GMRP), which, since it's conception in 1984 has grown to include almost 4,000 km (2,485 miles) of mainly 4 meter diameter pre stressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP). Eventually over 6.0 million m3 (5260 acre-feet) of water will be conveyed every day from well fields deep in the Sahara desert to the population centers that are concentrated on the northern coastal strip.

The Great Man Made River Authority was established by law No. 11/1983 by the general peoples congress to implement and manage The Great Man Made River Project.

Funding law No. 10, issued by the general peoples congress in 1983 with subsequent additions in later years, governs the funding of The Great Man Made River Project.

The majority of contribution is directly funded by the Libyan people in the form of levies on fuel, tobacco and international travel. The remainder is funded by loans from banks and participation by the general Treasury.

The total installed cost to date for phase I is $ 5.53 billion, $ 8.05 billion for phase II
and $ 6.0 billion for phase III. Phase III inauguraded by Brother leader Muammar Al Gaddafi 2010.