75 million tons of water will come from Turkey each year

Littlenige



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Message Posted:
16/09/2008 08:47

05.09.2008





Work starts on project to bring water from Turkey



The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Durali Elal stated that the project to bring water from Turkey, which has been on the agenda for many years, has now actively been put into practice for the first time and it is planned to bring water to the island in 2013. The physical works on the project have started. A total amount of 75 million tons of water will be brought to the island in a year, 35 million of it will be for drinking and allied uses and stored in Gecitkoy Reservoir whose capacity will be increased 10 times from 2.5 million to 25 million cubic metres.

Within this framework the geophysical works are being made at Gecitkoy dam in which the water will be stored said Elal and that bid works for pipe construction will be made in 2009, it will be implemented in 2010 and the water is planned to reach Cyprus at the end of 2013.

The Undersecretary stated that work on the distribution line planned to transfer the water from the dam to three regions and the work on the pipeline to bring the water from Turkey will be conducted in a parallel way.

Durali Elal stated that the Alarko company is executing the geophysical works on the dam at Gecitkoy that will be completed in 1½ months and will reveal if there are structures in the ground of the dam that will affect the quality of the water. He also stated that the project works have started on the distribution lines needed to transfer the water from the dam to points of consumption.

The infrastructure projects for the land part of the project to bring the water from Turkey’s Dragon River have been completed and researches on the pipelines needed to be built underwater were completed at the end of 2007. Works on preparations for the project are expected to be completed at the end of 2008.

New distribution lines will be installed from Gecitkoy Dam to the three regions stated Elal with one of the lines being to Guzelyurt, the second will pass through Kyrenia and reach Tatlisu and the third one will be the Nicosia-Famagusta-Karpaz line



Source: http://www.observercyprus.com/observer/NewsDetails.aspx?id=3079

Turbo


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Message Posted:
16/09/2008 09:02

I wish they would make up their minds on the completion date, we all know it wil happen one day , but when.

I suggest people buy property in the Karsiyaka hills if you want a lake view..in a few years.. They will be expanding the existing dam. (according to plans).

markvpiazza


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Message Posted:
16/09/2008 12:06

Turbo



I heard he whole of Gecitkoy village was due to be flooded- it sits in a natural depression, so they only need to re-route the road in from Karsiyaka and fill-in the gap



Mark

Hector


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Message Posted:
16/09/2008 16:41

If the bypass is an example of TRNC effecency then I won't hold my breath as to completion.

Turbo


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Message Posted:
16/09/2008 22:14

MArk, I heard the same thing, the only way to store that much water would be to flood Gecitkoy and make a large dam out of the area..



When?

Turtle


Joined: 28/05/2007
Posts: 2669

Message Posted:
16/09/2008 22:46

What if any implications will this have on the unification talks, I read somewhere that the GC,s were set against the pipeline.

wynyardman



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Message Posted:
16/09/2008 22:51

Littlenige,



If only 10% is turned into Effes? then my decision to buy a holiday home in The TRNC was right.



wyn

andysue


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Message Posted:
17/09/2008 00:13

great news ! some where to go carp fishing lol andrew

kenny b


Joined: 12/09/2008
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Message Posted:
17/09/2008 00:23

Hope you improve on Sundays performance.

For those interested in match fishing Andy drew another flyer and failed to catch a fish.

I hope for andys sake they fill the proposed lake with tons of fish to give him the chance to catch at least one fish.

Kenny

Graham


Joined: 20/10/2007
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Message Posted:
17/09/2008 00:40

Same story different source



http://www.isnare.com/?aid=288404&ca=World+Affairs



Graham

andysue


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Message Posted:
17/09/2008 22:06

ken , put it this way if i blank again on sunday ill be in the market for a set of golf clubs ! regards andrew