Syria Starts $2.1 Billion Irrigation Project on Tigris River - Bloomberg

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad laid the first stone of a $2.1 billion irrigation project on the Tigris River today, the Syrian Arab News Agency said.

The project will pump 1.25 billion cubic meters (330 billion gallons) of Tigris water to irrigate some 200,000 hectares (770 square miles) of land in the northeastern governorate of Hassakeh, it said. It will provide 125 million cubic meters of potable [...]

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An interesting discussion on the middle eastern water supply situation (and why this matters) can be found here.

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