Dec 4 Local government

تستفيد منه 10 آلاف هكتار.. التعاقد على دراسة مشروع إنشاء خزانات مائية في الغاب
Benefit 10 thousand hectares .. Contract to study the construction of water tanks in al-Ghab
http://www.sana.sy/ara/347/2011/12/04/385917.htm
December 04, .2011
Hama, (SANA) -

Contracted by the Directorate of Water Resources in Hama with the company for consulting and technical studies to examine the construction of reservoirs of water in the western edge of al-Ghab in order to capture the waves, rain and store part of the flow surplus of the springs and valleys in winter and in summer to reduce the loss of The Engineer Azhar Azhar, Director of Technical Affairs at the Directorate of Water Resources in Hama that the project includes the establishment of 4 tanks natural water storage capacity of up to 41 million cubic meters of water annually, adding that the benefit of the project will be located in the occupied area of ​​the western side of al-Ghab and within the control of the channel C 1 area is estimated at about 10 thousand hectares.

With regard to the proposal for developing the irrigation network Homs / Hama introduction of modern irrigation technologies at the field level and the transfer channels exposed to the channels of tubular compressed pointed flower that this project seeks to raise the efficiency of the network that increases the total length of Oguenitha main and branch at 300 km and the reduction of waste water and to prevent exposure of contamination and evaporation, especially during the summer and the use of modern irrigation methods and more efficient land use.

He explained that the project engineer Azhar itself included the study of free water Rastan dam, used to cover the needs of the irrigation network protectors by a pumping station in the appropriate area on the Orontes River, Hama, where the section of the irrigation system is supplied with water from Lake Dam Kotaina.

It is noteworthy that al-Ghab is one of the richest areas of agricultural production in Syria, where it produces the most important strategic crops such as wheat, cotton and sugar beet.