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Great Man Made River (GMMR) - "Великая Рукотворная Река" в Ливии - Das 8. Weltwunder - لــنهر الصــناعي العظـــيم
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Time line - The Great Man Made River (GMMR)
The
Beginning
A spectacular project was commenced in Libya in September 1984. This is the ‘river of pipelines’, sometimes called the 8th wonder of the world. This Great Man - Made River aims at the mass Transfer of waters from the Kufra and Sareer Basins beneath the earth surface to the coastal concentration of population in Benghazi, Sirte and Tripoli. Upon completion the huge network of pipelines will extend to about 3,380 km.
The
Work
Two
special pipe factories were constructed in the regions of Brega and
Sareer, to provide the project with the great numbers of concrete
pipes necessary. These vary in weight between 73 and 78 tons, have
a diameter of 4 meters and are 7.25 meters long.
This project of the century comprises three phases, the first involves laying pipelines from Tazerbou and Sareer in the south to Adjedabia in the north, the second phase will to carry 2 million cubic meters of water a day from the wells situated in the Fezzan region in addition to half a million cubic meters from two fields in the Hasawna mountains. The third phase should pump a further 1.68 millions cubic meters of water to the first two phases.
03
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
The
leader of the revolution and the architect of the Great Man-Made
River Project
Muammar
Al Ghaddafi lays the foundation stone in Sarir area for the
commencement of the construction of the Great Man-Made River
Project.
28 August
1986
The
leader of the revolution, and the architect of the Great Man-Made
River Project,
Muammar
Al Ghaddafi 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. Sarir plant was
also inaugurated on this date.
26 August
1989
On the
occasion of the 20th Anniversary for the Great AL-Fateh Revolution
the leader of the Revolution Muammar Al Ghaddafi lays the
foundation stone for phase II of the Great Man-Made River
Project.
Water
arrival
11
September 1989 Ajdabiya reservoir.
28
September 1989 Omar Muktar reservoir.
04
September 1991 Al Gardabiya reservoir.
28 August
1996 First Water to Tripoli..
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