Great Man-Made River Rehabilitation
Fossil-aquifer conveyance in Libya.
Planned
The record
- Country
- Libya
- Location
- Sarir–Benghazi
- Coordinates
- 29.000, 20.000
- Technology
- Fossil-aquifer conveyance
- Capacity
- —
- Capital cost
- US$900 million
- Stage
- Planned
- Owner or client
- Man-Made River Authority
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Government
- Award or start year
- 2029
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2024-12
Board commits to a US$7 billion fifth and final phase over six years, after ten months of study
Sources
2 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- AGBI, Libya prepares final phase for giant man-made river, 2 Dec 2024. agbi.com.
- 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.
(board commits to a US$7 billion fifth phase over six years; northern section 300,000 m3/day; network about 4,500 km). Cost in this row covers rehabilitation only and is an estimate.