2024-06-17 02:14:28
The Ministry of Water Sources of the Authorities of Nationwide Unity confirmed that media statements about shared (cross-border) groundwater, particularly in regards to the space of the shared Nubian Sandstone Basin, of which Libya is likely one of the events, are issued by irresponsible individuals and don’t characterize the official place of the State of Libya.
The Ministry reported that it has begun taking all obligatory measures for this, and that the Ministry is making ready a dialogue symposium wherein it’ll host a gaggle of specialists involved with groundwater and specialists of the Joint Fee for the Research and Improvement of the Joint Nubian Sandstone Reservoir within the coming days.
The Ministry added that the upcoming symposium will make clear all facets associated to the shared cross-border aquifers and the coordination mechanism utilized in managing them, monitoring groundwater reservoirs, exchanging data and knowledge about them, and exploiting their waters in riparian nations.
Some media reported that Egyptian corporations had been straight exploring for water close to the “Jaghbub” space on the Libyan border with Egypt. There may be an abundance of groundwater, and the State of Egypt transfers Libyan groundwater to its lands through a man-made river.
The means reported that Egypt’s exploration for water is a part of an agricultural mission that it intends to implement, and requires the switch of water extracted from the widespread border to areas in Egypt near the Libyan border.
It’s noteworthy that the basin is an underground reservoir with an space of 2.2 million sq. kilometers, and is shared by 4 nations: “Sudan, Egypt, Libya, and Chad.” These nations signed in Vienna in 2013 a regional cooperation settlement beneath which the “Joint Authority for the Improvement, Research and Utilization” was established. Nubian Sand Basin Reservoir”
Supply: Ministry of Water Sources of the Unity Authorities + Libya Al-Ahrar Channel
2024-06-17 02:14:28