Great Man-Made River Ghadames-Zuwara-Zawiya System
Fossil-aquifer conveyance, Design 250,000 m3/day; about 821 km of transmission and distribution lines; 106 production wells and 14 control wells in the Ghadames basin; three pumping stations and 26 feed points in Libya.
The record
- Country
- Libya
- Location
- Ghadames to Zawiya
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Fossil-aquifer conveyance
- Capacity
- Design 250,000 m3/day; about 821 km of transmission and distribution lines; 106 production wells and 14 control wells in the Ghadames basin; three pumping stations and 26 feed points
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Stalled
- Owner or client
- Great Man-Made River Authority
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Great Man-Made River Authority
- Finance
- Libyan state
- Award or start year
- 2001
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 2001-10
Fourth phase implementation contract signed on 10 October 2001
- 2009-12
Partial operation began with 10 production wells serving Nalut
- 2016-12
Cumulative production reported at about 8.5 million m3, far short of the design output
Sources
3 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Great Man-Made River Authority, Ghadames - Zwara - Zawia system. gmra.com.ly.
- Designed to produce and distribute about 250,000 m3/day of drinking water from 106 production wells and 14 control wells in the Ghadames basin to population centres in western Libya through 26 feed points; about 821 km of transmission and distribution lines; three pumping stations, two reservoirs and a pressure break reservoir at Nalut with flow control, power transmission and control systems; partial operation from the end of 2009 with 10 production wells serving Nalut and its surroundings; about 8.5 million m3 produced to 31 December 2016. Great Man-Made River Authority, History and evolution of GMMR. gmra.com.ly.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Authority created by Law 11 of 1983 with funding under Law 10 of 1983; groundbreaking at Sarir on 28 August 1984; Brega pipe plant opened 28 August 1986; second phase launched 26 August 1989; Ajdabiya reservoir first received water 11 September 1989; Omar Mukhtar and Gardabiya reservoirs 4 September 1991; water reached the Sidi Assaiah reservoir in Tripoli 28 August 1996; fourth phase contract signed 10 October 2001; design capacity 4 million m3/day rising to 6.4 million m3/day when complete. Records the fourth phase implementation contract signed on 10 October 2001.