First step taken in dream project to carry water to North Cyprus

The preliminary tender for a project to transport water to northern Cyprus via a system of underwater pipelines from Alaköprü Dam in Mersin’s Anamur district has been completed.

The plan, which is called the “dream project” and is the first of its kind in the world, is aiming to carry 75 million cubic meters of water annually from the Dragon River to Geçitköy Dam near Girne through a pipeline 78 kilometers in length. Around 15 million cubic meters of this water will be used as tap water, whereas the remaining 60 million cubic meters will be designated for irrigation purposes.

The manager of the State Waterworks Authority (DSİ) 6th Region, Numan Doğan Gündüz, told the Anatolia news agency that the project has been in the planning stages for more than 11 years. The construction of Alaköprü Dam will commence in 2010, Gündüz noted. First proposed in 1998, the Alarko company won the tender for the project.
 

 
01 January 2010, Friday
TODAY’S ZAMAN  İSTANBUL 

01.01.2010